by Linda Jamieson | Dec 19, 2019 | Culture change, Uncategorized
As the Christmas holiday approaches, I enjoy ticking things off my list of the “essentials” and if I get these sorted, I might get on to the “desirables” list too. What makes up this list of “essentials” will vary every year but one consistent element since I became...
by Linda Jamieson | Dec 6, 2019 | Culture change, Patient Safety, Staff engagement, Uncategorized
Have you noticed how some people start to get ready to go home well before their official clock-off time? Every day of the week, the cup washing, desk cleaning, pencil-pot tidying begins and is followed by a long visit to the bathroom and then the coat is put on so...
by Linda Jamieson | Nov 6, 2019 | Culture change, Uncategorized
Laughter is not often something you would expect to hear at a conference about Patient Safety but it was an uncomfortable type of laughter, not genuine mirth. It happened last month when I was at the Patient Safety Learning Conference in London and Professor Ted...
by Linda Jamieson | Oct 31, 2019 | Culture change, Uncategorized
Despite all the research evidence in support of After Action Review (AAR), we sometimes find that people don’t see why holding AARs might be useful in their organisation. This lack of understanding isn’t about AAR itself, but much more about an innate cognitive bias....
by Linda Jamieson | Oct 22, 2019 | Culture change, News, Uncategorized
I’m guessing that lots of you will have been cheering loudly, like i was, as we watched the English ruby team beat Australia on Saturday. Afterwards as we got on with our weekends, slightly happier than before, the England squad will have started preparing for their...
by Linda Jamieson | Oct 1, 2019 | Culture change, Uncategorized
What connects After Action Review and the teaching of Fredrich Froebel, the man who coined the term “Kindergarten”? The end of the summer is an important time for many families as A level results arrive and young people begin the next stage of life at university or...
