Bob Dick

Independent scholar and facilitator of change

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

John Menadue: Our democracy is decaying from within - https://t.co/ytqGgUSXij

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Check out my latest article: Imagining an alternative history https://t.co/N1qHkVZ4HU via @LinkedIn

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Check out my latest article: In transition ... https://t.co/slW6UUHo8C via @LinkedIn

[Sally McManus @sallymcmanus]

Public protests are what people do when all other means of getting their message through to those with power - Governments or employers - have failed. Billionaires can campaign with paid advertising. We only have ourselves and our ability to stick together.

[Tony Burke @Tony_Burke]

I gave this speech on Wednesday night as parliament was closing. I’ve had more responses from people on this one than for any other speech in a long time. It goes for about 5 minutes. It’s about facts.
#factsmatter #auspol

https://t.co/LeCCQFNOBd via @YouTube

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Check out my latest article: Changing the narrative https://t.co/rZG6YbMvgX via @LinkedIn

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

My friend and colleague Ian Plowman will offer a 1-day workshop on "Cooperative conversations" in Brisbane on 20 October 2018. Knowing Ian, I expect the material to be learnable and practical, and to produce results. https://t.co/TdWJmQIDRW

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

You don’t have to trade research rigour against relevance. You can have both. Action research offers more effective change with deeper understanding. Read the free ebook: https://t.co/hhfLUuGiN5 ... And there's a workshop: https://t.co/Y9Bx2KASwe

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

You'd like your team leaders to adopt a more facilitative approach to leadership. And you wonder how you might do that. Action learning teams can provide a setting in which the skills can be developed. Workshop: https://t.co/l5UDYmf7Su

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

It is said that people don't resist change, they resist being changed. Action research is a combined change and research technique. It involves people in planning their own destiny: https://t.co/hhfLUuGiN5 ... or workshop: https://t.co/Y9Bx2KASwe

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

How do you change a risk-averse culture when the risk aversion obstructs change? You set up action learning teams. They provide the seed bed in which new attitudes and actions are nourished. Learn how at a workshop: https://t.co/l5UDYmf7Su

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

An action learning team is a small project team in which participants learn new skills working on real issues in real time. The skills include facilitation, leadership, and collaboration. Yes, there's a workshop: https://t.co/l5UDYmf7Su

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Many organisations are trying to implement more team based ways of working. They often find that teams lack the necessary skills. They could use action learning to develop the skills. And they could attend my workshop: https://t.co/l5UDYmf7Su

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

An action learning project team can be the seed bed in which valuable new skills are developed, and a new culture nourished. This workshop: will help you to develop the relevant skills and understanding. https://t.co/l5UDYmf7Su

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Curiosity killed the cat? Probably not. More likely curiosity allowed the cat to understand its situation and to cope more effectively. Action research, too, is enhanced by curiosity: https://t.co/hhfLUuGiN5 ... Workshop: https://t.co/Y9Bx2KASwe

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Action research is intelligent trial and error, supported by participatory values, good processes, and a mindset of curiosity. Workshop? -- https://t.co/Y9Bx2KASwe -- or a free ebook? -- https://t.co/hhfLUuGiN5

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

When you face a novel and complex situation you probably already use an informal version of action research. Would a workshop help you do even better? -- https://t.co/Y9Bx2Kjh7E -- or a free ebook? -- https://t.co/hhfLUuoHov

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Today and tomorrow are your last opportunities to register for the two day action research workshop, 30-31 August, Brisbane, at the super early bird rate. https://t.co/Y9Bx2KASwe

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

You'd like to deal more easily and comfortably with turbulence and unpredictability? Would an action research workshop be useful? -- https://t.co/Y9Bx2KASwe -- or a free ebook? -- https://t.co/hhfLUuGiN5

[Bob Dick @bobd35]

Intelligent trial and error can help in planning change. Action research can then enable it. There's a free ebook: https://t.co/hhfLUuGiN5 and a 2-day workshop: https://t.co/Y9Bx2KASwe