by Rachel Smyth | Feb 10, 2025 | Blogs
Achieving the right balance right between optimism, realism and pessimism can seem like one of the key responsibilities of leaders in challenging times. However, for me, it is the philosophy of agathism (ἀγαθός) – the doctrine that we can tend all things to the...
by Rachel Smyth | Sep 19, 2024 | News
The Leadership Centre is delighted to be working with Connected Places Catapult this year to deliver the Innovation Places Leadership Academy (IPLA) – an exciting initiative aimed at helping local leaders spark innovation in their regions. The Academy is all...
by Rachel Smyth | Aug 22, 2024 | News
Exploring what we can learn from past and present place-based initiatives On 8th August 2024 the Leadership Centre launched its new online enquiry into place-based working and leadership. The event brought together colleagues from diverse sectors, disciplines, and...
by Rachel Smyth | Aug 15, 2024 | Blogs
I’d like to talk to you about the octopus. Six years ago, I read Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith, a celebration of the unique intelligence of octopuses and other cephalopods. A key feature of cephalopods is their distributed nervous system; and in the case of...
by Rachel Smyth | May 13, 2024 | Case Studies
In 2023, the Leadership Centre ran a systems leadership development programme for public health professionals, commissioned by the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities in Yorkshire and the Humber. Collette Brauns, Senior Head of Living Well at NHS Bradford and...
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