Small Joys
I have realised that I often wait for big moments to feel joy but joy seems to live quietly in smaller places such as sunlight after rain and a cuppa after a long dog walk.
What small joy might already be here today for you? #smalljoys#GratitudeInAction#Happiness
I have been listening to “The Way Out Is In” podcast for a while now, and it has become a gentle companion in my week. 🙏🏼 #zen#meditation#Buddhism#thewayoutisin
🔥 Fire Up Your Happiness! 🔥
@RoyalDevonNHS staff, don’t miss this uplifting virtual session with Matt Pepper designed to boost positivity, resilience & wellbeing.
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#FireUpYourHappiness
Based on positive psychology, mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy, the Hope Programme courses are co-designed with users and academic experts.
#hopeprogramme#livewelllwithhope #positivepsychology #mindfullness#cognativebehavioraltherapy #rootedinresearch
The wind has been howling fiercely all night, shaking the windows 🪟 with its force, and there’s still no sign of it letting up. I’m holding off on taking my dog 🐕 out for a walk 🚶 it is just too risky with debris flying around.
#StormDarragh#Devon
Collaboration & co-creation are not the same thing.
Collaboration means working with others - who often have their own goals & agendas. These goals have to be matched & if they're not, one person’s gain can be another person’s loss.
Co-creation is about jointly creating something new with input from everyone involved. If we want to do things differently in future, collaboration isn't enough. People need to be near the creation process (co-creation) to work in creative ways.
Research from Google shows that to co-create we need to:
- have a shared vision
- think in questions instead of problems & solutions,
- work in ways that level the playing field so the loudest voices don’t get the most attention,
- create psychological safety for people to open up
- offer good guidance/coaching to facilitate the process in a way that manifests the values of co-creation
- make stuff & not just talk:
https://t.co/O6sYd4n0mM. By @dhambeukers.
NHS managers/team leaders at (Agenda for Change) bands 6-8a directly supervise up to 80% of our NHS people. These “frontline” team leaders have an outsize influence on NHS performance.
Yet:
- They don’t have a big collective voice in opportunities to improve NHS productivity
- Only a small proportion of leadership development budgets in the NHS target them
Tomorrow I'm spending the day with four NHS systems identifying potential opportunities to unleash the potential of frontline managers and team leaders to lead change.
For more on the latent power of frontline leaders, see, eg: https://t.co/Aahj8Jftrl by @BCG.
An ordinary small act of kindness can make an extraordinary difference by brightening someone’s day, restoring hope, and creating a ripple effect of positivity in the world. #HappinessIsAPractice#actionforhappiness
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