Katie Driver

Helping introverted civil servants lead with quiet strengths. Thinking Alliance: thoughtful coaching, training & facilitation. Also 🌿🏃‍♀️ 📚🎵. (she/her)

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

'Introverts are slow thinkers'. Really? I don't think so! https://t.co/pkgwtZWVZf via @LinkedIn

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

The sound of starlings in this scrub near Crosby beach stopped me in my tracks yesterday. Volume up!

[Work Chronicles @_workchronicles]

Fresh pair of eyes

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Spring is definitely in the air. A half term walk brought sunshine, birdsong and clouds of ?Blackthorn blossom - a perfect antidote to long days online!

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

What a great day - lots to learn and I loved hearing from senior women about their leadership stories

[Women into Leadership @WiLeadership_UK]

WOW WOW WOW! What a brilliant day! A huge thank you to our speakers: Sarah Munby @SciTechgovukat @thinking_ally @LucilleThirlby Richard Hillsdon & @ProVoiceCoach @KeelaShackell Lolade Onabolu @Farrah_Storr and to our chair @haig_margaret for bringing the day together #WiL23

[Trees for Streets @TreesforStreets]

Interested in planting a tree 🌳🏘️ in your street?

Requests made now, get planted over the winter period (Nov23-April24). Subject to utility checks.

@treesforstreets is the national community-led🧑‍🤝‍🧑street tree🌳 sponsorship initiative.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑+🌳+🚿=👍

See our locations 👇

[Sustainable Merton @SustainableMert]

🥳 WE ARE HIRING!🥳

COMMUNITY FRIDGE NETWORK MANAGER
🧡 Manage our #CommunityFridge
🤝🏽 Work in partnership
🛒 Engage local businesses

🌟 COMMUNITY FRIDGE E-BIKE COURIER
🌍 Be part of a pioneering, #ZeroEmissions approach to redistributing surplus food

https://t.co/BJmCxnLV78

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Lots of miles in the legs thanks to a week in the Lakes last week. Feeling much restored.

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Finding thinking time is only the beginning! Here are some thinking traps that stop you using it wisely, and how to avoid them https://t.co/izlrZ6wSKn via @LinkedIn

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

"Most of the time you don't need more information, you need more courage." Ooof.

-@JamesClear

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Really enjoyed being part of this, and fielding lots of great questions. I feel confident we'll see more quietly powerful women emerging as really effective leaders in their own right

[Women into Leadership @WiLeadership_UK]

What an inspiring morning so far! Thank you Katie Driver
@thinking_ally, Richard Hillsdon and @ProVoiceCoach
for delivering our first set of workshops and for providing useful insights when answering all of our delegates questions #WiL23

[Katie Pennick @KatiePennick]

barbie’s wheelchair vs my actual wheelchair: a critical comparison

aka the best twitter thread i will ever post

strap in

#Barbie

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Looking forward to tomorrow's online @WiLeadership_UK event. I'll be sharing tips for introverts about finding your quiet power and using it as the foundation for leading on your own terms #WiL23

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

When you burn people out, you push them out. Stars are the first to leave—they have the most opportunities.

The solution is not to pile on the perks. It’s to pinpoint the root causes of overload and design more manageable jobs.

If you want to keep people, stop exhausting them.

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

@AdamMGrant How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Quieter, introverted people can be mistakenly billed as aloof or shy, but we’re often the calm centre of things, building collaborations one conversation at a time. We need recognition for our different, yet equally valuable, skills — @thinking_ally https://t.co/Xln965HtZO

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Winning quiet lessons from Wimbledon https://t.co/qX6ILZI64q via @LinkedIn #introverts

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

Good to see this attempt to shift to power skills instead of soft skills, and to see what makes the list. What do you think?

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Many commentators talk about the importance of so-called "soft skills" for leadership into the future. @IDEOU has (so appropriately) rebranded them as "power skills". Here's their brilliant list of 12 key power skills:
1) Cultivating joy
2) Meaningful collaboration
3) Small-scale experimentation
4) Grounding in purpose
5) Creating community
6) Frame shifting
7) Leading with empathy
8) Emotional proofreading
9) Making room for more voices
10) Leading with questions
11) Finding balance
12) Agility
https://t.co/xosznr9fkc
Thank you @FerraroRoberto for the link & graphic

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

@RadioLento @HelenJMacdonald @ShepherdWells @WildlifeTrusts Thank you. I was just looking at one of these in our garden the other day and thinking I should look it up. It was on the mint plant, which I now realise was a massive clue to its identity!

[Katie Driver @thinking_ally]

@LouMycroft If you haven't read anything from @ChimamandaReal I'd recommend either Half of a Yellow Sun or Americanah. Not yet read her other novels but I'm sure they're equally good.