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PROGRAMME STUDY GUIDE
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.’ Margaret Meade
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@School4Radicals #SHCR
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Contents
The School for Health and Care Radicals ................................................................................................................ 3
Staff and governors ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
What is the School for Health and Care Radicals? ............................................................................................. 4
A short history of the School .............................................................................................................................. 4
Who is it for? ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
What’s in it for me? ............................................................................................................................................ 6
How does it work? .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Programme outline ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Module 1: Being a Health and Care Radical: change starts with me ............................................................. 8
Module 2: Building alliances for change ........................................................................................................ 8
Module 3: Rolling with resistance .................................................................................................................. 9
Module 4: Making change happen ................................................................................................................ 9
Module 5: Moving beyond the edge .............................................................................................................. 9
Is there any formal recognition or qualification? ............................................................................................. 10
Masterclasses ................................................................................................................................................... 10
Introducing some Health and Care Radicals ......................................................................................................... 10
Getting the most from the School ........................................................................................................................ 12
Social learning ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
School Learning Groups.................................................................................................................................... 14
Case study: New Zealand class of the School for Health and Care Radicals .................................................... 16
Sharing your experiences ................................................................................................................................. 17
Finding support ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
Working with a mentor .................................................................................................................................... 20
Keeping a learning journal .................................................................................................................................... 20
Drawing up a learning plan ................................................................................................................................... 22
Getting to know yourself: the Johari Window ...................................................................................................... 24
The Arena ......................................................................................................................................................... 24
The blind spot ................................................................................................................................................... 24
The façade ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
The unknown .................................................................................................................................................... 25
Becoming a reflective practitioner ....................................................................................................................... 26
Theories and models of reflection ........................................................................................................................ 28
Kolb’s experiential learning cycle ..................................................................................................................... 29
Critical incident analysis ................................................................................................................................... 29
Johns’ model of structured reflection .............................................................................................................. 30
Tripp’s model of structured reflection ............................................................................................................. 31
Questions used to examine a critical incident ............................................................................................. 31
Stories and transformation ................................................................................................................................... 32
Servant leadership ....................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Resources.............................................................................................................................................................. 34
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The School for Health and Care Radicals
'If you want to build a ship do not gather men together and assign tasks.
Instead teach them the longing for the wide endless sea.’
Antoine de St Exupery
Staff and governors
Helen Bevan, Programme Director
@HelenBevan
Jackie Lynton, Head of Diversity
@jackielynton
Jodi Brown, School Governor
@JodiMOlden
Kate Pound, School Director
@KateSlater2
CJ Graham, School Director
@CJGrahamNHS
Pip Hardy, Curriculum and Learning Lead
@PilgrimPip
Paul Woodley, Head of Support Services
@Paulwoodley4
Joanna Hemming, School Editor
@joannahemming
Michael Goodeve, Communications lead
@MichaelGoodeve
The School for Health and Care Radicals is an initiative of the NHS Horizons Group, NHS Improving Quality. This Programme Study Guide was prepared for the School for Health and Care Radicals by Pip Hardy.
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WELCOME!
Introduction
‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’ MK Gandhi
Welcome to the School for Health and Care Radicals. This Programme Study Guide will help you
make the most of your studies and your time. We will try to anticipate – and answer – some of your
questions, and offer some tools and suggestions that will help you translate your learning into
action.
We can imagine how busy you are, but we are pretty sure that you will find it helpful at least to skim
through this study guide before beginning your work on the first module you have chosen. As well as
explaining a bit more about the programme, we will introduce you to some other Radicals and share
with you some of their stories of change. We will also encourage you to engage with the School and
the learning in a number of different ways.
What is the School for Health and Care Radicals?
The School for Health and Care Radicals is not just another new initiative. The first seeds of the
School were sown back in 2002 and took the form of a one-day school for organisational Radicals –
that is, people who wanted to bring about constructive change in their own organisations. Over the
years, these ideas have taken root in the world of healthcare quality improvement, have been
nourished by the application of social movement thinking and have spread by means of community
organising principles and the use of public narrative.
A short history of the School
The first School for Healthcare Radicals was held in 2012, partly in
preparation for, and in support of, the first NHS Change Day in
March 2013. NHS Change Day has been hailed as ‘the largest
simultaneous improvement initiative in the history of the NHS’,
resulting in nearly 200,000 pledges from people throughout the
NHS and beyond, from people of all ages, at all levels, doing a
wide variety of jobs and extending to patients, families and carers.
It has demonstrated yet again that grassroots movements really
can make a difference and, in this case, improve care for all of us.
http://changeday.nhs.uk/
In 2014, the School was renamed The School for Health and Care
Radicals to acknowledge the close relationship between health
and social care and to reinforce the idea that anyone, whoever
they are, can participate in the School and contribute to bringing
about positive changes in care. Once again, the School ran during the lead-up to Change Day 2014
and participants were encouraged to link their work in the School with their Change Day pledges.
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In keeping with the founding principles of the NHS, the School for Health and Care Radicals is also
free at the point access, non-hierarchical and open to all. People working at every level in the NHS,
together with patients and carers, have been joined by people from around the world, united by
their common goal is to improve the quality of care for everyone, to share learning and support one
another in their efforts to bring about positive change.
The overarching aims of the School are to equip people across the health and care system with the
core skills to become effective change agents. Through the effective use of social media as a means
to connect, communicate, shape and share, the School works to:
equip people across the health and care system with the core skills to become change
agents
ignite people’s passion to improve services
promote a grassroots change movement
provide a robust underpinning in new ways of thinking about improvement
operate to help people implement and sustain change
promote connection and communication via many different channels
create a national and international community of practice share leading-edge change
methodology and thinking.
So, by joining the School, you will become part of its history and its future. We hope that you will
join the growing number of people who are committed to making changes –large and small – and
that you will also find support and encouragement from this community of practice and learning.
‘Beauty and the sense of belonging it evokes
introduces us to a new standard of care--a quality
of attending-- which we may extend to our sense
of stewardship in creating communities of care.
Perhaps in the future a well-lived life will involve
the shift from a focus on utility to the combined
search for signs of the beautiful.’
Michael Jones, 2004
Who is it for?
‘Dialogue is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order
to name the world.’ Paulo Freire
The School for Health and Care Radicals is for anyone and everyone who wants to improve the safety
and quality of health and social care. You may hold a senior post in the NHS or in another health or
social care organisation; you may be a doctor or a nurse, or a student doctor or nurse; you may work
on the frontline or behind the scenes; you may be a commissioner, an administrator or a manager;
you may be a healthcare assistant or an allied health professional, a carer, a patient or a service
user. The School for Health and Care Radicals is an opportunity for all of us to come together to pool
our ideas and our resources with the intention of making sure that care will be as good as it can
possibly be for us, our parents and families, and for the generations that follow us.
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‘I’ve cared for my husband, who has dementia, for eight years. The number
of people we have to deal with can sometimes be overwhelming – it’s
certainly confusing, especially as they often don’t know what the others
have been doing. My Change Day pledge is about finding a way to co-
ordinate all those different people and different activities so that there is
one person carers can call who actually knows what’s going on – like a case
manager. In order to make that happen, I am hoping to learn more about
how to make change happen so that many other carers can be saved from
going through what I’ve had to go through.’ Carer
In 2014, around 1900 people from 66 countries took
part in the School. Around 10% of those people went
on to graduate and become Certificated Change
Agents, proudly displaying their badges in many
different ways! They connected with each other via
the weekly webinars and Tweet chats and many have
remained in contact, sharing ideas and experiences,
offering support and building a strong sense of
community and connection.
What’s in it for me?
If you’ve ever thought to yourself ‘I could do that better’ or ‘I would want to be cared for like that’ or
even ‘I’m so glad that’s not my gran in that bed’, then you probably have some great ideas for how
health and social care could be improved. But, if you are like many other people, you may then think
to yourself ‘Nobody will pay attention to me’ or ‘I wouldn’t know where to begin …’. If you have ever
wanted to make a difference to patient/service user and staff experience, and improve the
outcomes of care, then the School for Health and Care Radicals is for you.
The School for Health and Care Radicals will provide you with information and tools to help you
identify the kinds of changes you can make for the better and give you the knowledge and
confidence to go ahead and make them. You will gain skills and confidence that will enable you to
act as an effective change agent – you’ll learn how to rock the boat but stay in it!
‘The moral test of government is how that government
treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those
who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who
are in the shadows of life - the sick, the needy and the
handicapped.’
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, US Vice President
You will also have the opportunity to meet other people, not only from
around the UK but around the world, who have been trying to make
health and social care better. Some of your fellow learners will be
experts in bringing about change and some will be people just like you
– wanting to make things better for yourself, your families and friends
and for future generations. You will join a Community of Practice –
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other people who are as passionate as you are about making the world a better place – so you will
have plenty of encouragement and support to carry out your plans and accomplish your dreams.
Along the way, the School will also:
offer relevant and rewarding skills and learning opportunities
encourage learners to gain knowledge, skills, abilities and confidence
provide opportunities for active learning
offer appropriate coaching and mentoring support
provide opportunities to relate learning directly to the workplace in order increase personal
and organisational potential
acknowledge and value learners’ achievements
offer opportunities to shape and participate in the School
encourage learners to form a network of like-minded people (a community of practitioners)
and remain involved with the School as it grows.
‘There are a lot of possibilities for medical students and junior doctors to
influence the NHS and the health and social care system that we work within.
We’re often not taught to think about those things but actually we all have a
voice and I think that we are very powerful change agents. We move around the
wards, we meet people in a lot of different areas, we have a way of talking to
patients which sometimes consultants don’t have time or the inclination to do
and because of that we can sometimes understand their perspectives better.
That can be really powerful about how to get more compassion back into the
NHS.’ Medical student
How does it work?
The School consists of the following
components:
five weekly webinars
module study guides
online discussions and Tweet
chats
School Learning Groups
an international community
of learning and practice
four advanced masterclasses.
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Programme outline
The Programme consists of five modules and four masterclasses.
Module 1: Being a Health and Care Radical: change starts with me
In this module, we will be exploring the differences between trouble-makers and radicals,
understanding how to rock the boat and stay in it; we’ll at how to be a great change agent and
highlight learning from around the globe
Module 1 will help you to:
understand the history of change agents and of The School
recognise your own values and passions
recognise the difference between transactional and transformational learning
consider the emerging direction for transformation and change
reflect on what it means to be an agent of change
explore some of the challenges for Health and Care Radicals
learn how to rock the boat and stay in it
build self-efficacy
recognise the importance of community
clarify your vision and your purpose.
Module 2: Building alliances for change
In this module, we will look at understanding the power of working together by exploring
communities of practice, social movements and community organising; we will also investigate some
techniques for connecting with your own and others’ values and emotions to create a call for action.
Module 2 will help you to:
understand the need to build alliances and create communities for change
identify the characteristics of effective social movements
learn from the leaders of social movements
recognise the power of storytelling
use stories to connect with others through emotions and values
reflect on your existing networks
establish and build new networks
bridge disconnected groups utilising strong and weak ties.
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Module 3: Rolling with resistance
It’s natural for people to resist change but we can actually use the energy of resistance to help bring
about the changes we want. This module will help you appreciate where people are starting from
and to see dissent, disruption and diversity as essential components of effective change.
Module 3 will help you to:
recognise the challenge of resistance
understand some of the reasons for resistance
embrace diversity
recognise the crucial difference between impact and intent
use the Stages of Change model to help people through change
build resilience in yourself and others.
Module 4: Making change happen
In this module, we will draw together some of the themes from previous modules and examine ways
of bringing your aspirations for change to fruition. We will look at the NHS Change Model and the
energy model and consider the importance of balancing different types of energy and recognising the
need for both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.
Module 4 will help you to:
recognise the power of politics
understand why change efforts often fail to achieve their objectives
examine the need for extrinsic and intrinsic motivators and balance the tension between them
create shared purpose
build energy for change
plan for success
share stories of success.
Module 5: Moving beyond the edge
Change always starts at the edge and always starts with activists. This module will help you move
closer to the edge and towards sustainable change; it will help you take your learning from the
School for Health and Care Radicals forward, think about what you might do next and where else
you might get support/resources.
Module 5 will help you to:
review what we have learned so far about the characteristic of a transformational change agent
examine Peter Fuda’s Transformation Change Agent framework: Being, Seeing, Doing
consider emerging directions for change and change agents ‘from the edge’
reflect on some of the key messages from the School
plan for the future.
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Is there any formal recognition or qualification?
We hope that you will engage with the School and enjoy learning for
learning’s sake. If you do want to engage more deeply with the opportunities
provided by the School, there are various ways in which your work can be
recognised, although at the moment there is no formal qualification.
If you engage with all five modules and submit a reflective statement about
your work, you will be eligible to become a Certificated Change Agent. You
can hear from some people who gradated from the School and became Certificated Change Agents
below.
Masterclasses
The four masterclasses will be open to anyone who has participated in any of the School modules.
They are:
Transformational leadership
Advanced storytelling
Thought diversity
Rebels at work
These masterclasses will give you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge and develop specific
skills in these areas.
Introducing some Health and Care Radicals
We would like to introduce you to a few Health and Care Radicals – hopefully their stories will give
you a flavour of the great diversity of people who can be Health and Care Radicals and inspire you to
join them!
Simon Platt, Service Improvement Manager, North West Commissioning Support Unit
‘The SHCR has helped to re-energise my determination to make a difference and
also empowered me by knowing just how important our role is. When working to
embed positive change, it can sometimes feel like an uphill battle to gain the
trust/support/following of others but this School has helped me to analyse that
such challenges are a necessary evil on the journey to making our efforts a
success. Be resilient, take small steps forward on your journey and, above all else,
listen as much as you talk.’
Annemarie Tesora, Director of Quality improvement for Prevention and
Wellness, Lynn Community Health Center
‘Walking on water or drowning are not commonsense survival options. We
have to bind our boats together through strong bonds to create a supportive
platform that can withhold turbulent conditions.
Rather than rocking the boat while staying in – staying afloat together –
surviving – becomes our shared purpose.’
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Molla Imaduddin Ahmed, Specialist Registrar in Paediatrics, University Hospitals of Leicester
‘The School for Health and Care Radicals course has been an eye opener for me and
has encouraged me to work towards improving patient care and encouraging
others to do so as well. I have learnt the importance of networking with like-minded
people and the power of a community to change things. As a part of the
community, I have been able to share experiences and support others and this
course gave ample networking opportunities to liaise with other change agents. The
course was extremely well conducted with excellent study materials enabling me to
learn about various aspects of being a change agent.’
Dr Sabira Mohammad, Project Manager, Urgent Care, Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group
‘I found being a part of the School for Health and Care Radicals completely
life-changing. The process sent me on a journey of self-discovery and
empowerment. It was liberating to spend time learning and sharing with like-
minded people, to know that I am not alone in refusing to settle for the status
quo.
Since the SHCR, my entire approach to my role within the NHS has changed. I
get it now: if change is going to happen, it’s up to me.
So I have started to speak up, sit at the table where decisions are being made,
question when things are being done that are not in patients’ best interests.
I found a voice through the process and the confidence to undergo a career change that has taken
me from the frontline of healthcare delivery to the centre of redesigning out-of-hours services!
Change projects I am currently involved with include setting up masterclasses so tomorrow’s leaders
can learn from the leaders of today, as well as setting up paired learning between GP Trainees and
Managers in the CCG.’
Liz Hedgecock, Knowledge Development Manager, Health Education North West
‘The School for Health and Care Radicals Programme was a breath of fresh air.
I learnt so much from the webinars, finding out about new resources and
online communities. It was inspirational to hear change stories, useful to
receive advice on making and sustaining change, and wonderful to feel part of
a community of like-minded people.
Regarding my own change journey, I’m probably more of a boat-wobbler than
a boat-rocker, but I have introduced some new ways of knowledge-sharing in
my organisation and they’ve been well-received. Hopefully the ripples will
spread further!’
Dr Lynne Maher, Director of Innovation and Honorary Associate Professor of Nursing, University of
Auckland
‘The School was a wonderful way to meet and learn from lots of like-minded
people doing great work from around the world.’
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Joan Pons Laplana, Proud Nurse, Derbyshire Community
Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
‘The School for Health and Care Radicals has put me in contact
with extraordinary people that I never knew existed. It has
given me an immense fount of guidance and a frame to keep
developing myself.’
Dr Maxine Craig, Head of Organisation Development, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust
‘I think the greatest impact for me was being in the community during the
School. I found it enlightening and heartening to work with so many enthusiastic
learners from all over the world. It made me proud of our NHS. It helped me
think about how we could create The Great North School of Health and Care
Radicals! It gave me energy.’
Celine Schillinger Head of Quality Innovation and Engagement for
Sanofi Pasteur
‘The School for Health and Care Radicals has been an eye-opener for me.
Unleashing the desire for change, connecting like-minded people and
equipping them with actual change skills is such a brilliant idea.
Forward-thinking content, inclusive spirit and superb logistics have made
this course an unforgettable milestone in our change journey. Long live
the SHCR, its graduates and its amazing organisation team.’
Jonathan Richards
‘This photo was taken on St Luke’s day as I was reading a poem about the patron
saint of doctors and artists.
The School has changed forever the way I work for the NHS.’
The rest of this Study Guide will suggest ways in which you might get the most out from the School –
some of these might be particularly helpful if you haven’t done any studying or learning for awhile.
Getting the most from the School
As with most things in life, the more effort you put in, the
more you are likely to benefit from your efforts. Having said
that, the School has been designed to be very flexible and
we invite you to engage with it in whatever way works best
for you. You might decide to:
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dip in and out of the weekly webinars
enlist the support of a coach or mentor to support your learning
work through the reflective and other activities in the programme and module study guides
keep a learning journal
set up an Action Learning Set or a School Learning Group in your organisation to spread the
learning more widely
share your own experience of change with others, perhaps by becoming a mentor
any combination of the above.
However you engage, we encourage you to:
ask your own questions
set your own goals
plan your own time
decide what you want to learn, and how you want to learn it
become a reflective practitioner
assess your own progress
share your learning – and put it into practice – with others.
Social learning
‘All change starts when people get together and talk about the things they care
about. We move in the direction of the questions we ask.’ Margaret Wheatley
It is difficult to find your way in the darkness if you have only one candle; many candles will
illuminate even the darkest of paths. Similarly, sustainable change comes about when groups or
teams of people work together to bring about the desired change.
So, while the desire for change may begin with you, The School for Health and Care Radicals is
founded on the principle that large-scale, sustainable change happens when many people share the
desire for change; this collective energy can then be harnessed to bring about the changes you want
to see in the world. By creating a resource that can
be used flexibly but that also encourages a social
approach to learning, we hope to increase the
potential for real change and improvement.
Learning is changing as people become busier and
e-learning replaces face-to-face learning. We are
connected in myriad ways, communicating via
email, Facebook, Twitter, sharing photos, hopes,
ideas, experiences, aspirations and knowledge more
widely and more rapidly than ever before.
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Certain characteristics of learning in the 21st century can be thought of as ‘social learning’. One of
the people who has clearly articulated the characteristics of social learning is Jane Hart. Here is how
she describes ‘Guided social learning’:
It is social – you are learning – not simply with others but from the shared experiences and
ideas of others – in the professional learning networks of trusted connections that you have
developed.
It is continuous – you are benefiting from a constant drip-feed or flow of information or
resources, or conversations with colleagues, all of which over time builds up into a large amount
of knowledge and shared experiences
It happens in short bursts – you tend to have short interactions with others and read bite-sized
pieces of content
It is autonomous – you are in control of what you do, the relationships you build, and how much
time you spend time on any activity – based on what value it gives you and to what extent
it meets a personal interest or professional need.
It is often serendipitous – although some of what you learn is planned, you are also learning just
by hanging out in social networks, gradually assimilating new ideas and experiences, in many
instances without even realising it (Hart 2014).
You can find a number of resources about guided social learning on Jane Hart’s website:
http://c4lpt.co.uk/
School Learning Groups
The design and delivery of the The School for Health and Care Radicals aims to nurture the
conditions that support both planned and serendipitous opportunities for learning. In seeking to
establish a community of learning and practice, the School promotes the sharing of knowledge by all
those who engage with the School. We would like to encourage you to set up or join your own local
School Learning Group where you can reflect on the ideas put forward in the School Webinars,
engage your colleagues with your hopes for
change and engage in activities designed to be
thoughtful, thought-provoking and relevant to
people’s jobs. We will support your efforts by
providing content that is generated by experts,
practitioners and users.
The philosophy of the School encourages you to
become more autonomous by providing some
choices around when you learn and how you
apply your learning at work while also providing
guidance and support for individual and
collective learning journeys.
The School will provide plenty of opportunities for you to connect with others from around the
world. We also encourage you to establish your own local School Learning Group, where you can
connect with other change agents from your own organisation. There are some suggestions and
guidelines for setting up a group in the document called ‘Starting your own School Group’.
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ACTIVITY: SHARING YOUR PASSION FOR CHANGE
It can be a daunting prospect to think about setting up a learning group, so we would like to
encourage you to adopt a slightly more radical approach – one that has been successfully used by
the Star Wards Programme http://www.starwards.org.uk/
Star Wards has brought about great changes in mental health care, partly by appealing to people’s
passion, and harnessing the energy that prompts people to do the things they love doing.
1 Begin by thinking about something you really like to do – it doesn’t have to be work-related. Make
a note or two here.
2 Now think about how you could share your passion – whether it is for cooking, reading, running,
listening to music, repairing motorcycles, making quilts, gardening, walking dogs – whatever it is –
with others.
Try to visualize how you could bring your passion to work. Make a few notes.
3 If you are feeling really brave, make a poster, send an email, let people know that you will be
meeting at a particular time in a particular place and see what happens!
You may be surprised to find others where you work sharing your passion – whatever it is.
Some great examples include:
setting up a weekly running club
establishing a reading group
promoting healthy eating through ‘Come Dine with Me’ activities
founding a gardening group
preparing a cookery book
organising a singing group.
When people have the opportunity to share their passions, unexpected things may happen.
Undoubtedly something will change. Trust is built up, attitudes change, the energy of resistance can
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be harnessed, diversity can be embraced and conversations can move towards other kinds of
changes that may have a more direct result on the way care is designed and delivered. You can find
some great examples of changes in care delivery on the Star Wards website:
http://www.starwards.org.uk/
And, if that is not enough to inspire you, please read about how one group of committed,
enthusiastic, excited and eager group of Health and Care Radicals shared and deepened their
learning from the 2014 School.
Case study: New Zealand class of the School for Health and Care Radicals
Dr. Lynne Maher Director for Innovation, Ko Awatea & Associate Honorary Professor of Nursing, The University of Auckland
Alex Nicholas Project Coordinator Community Organising, Ko Awatea
Alex Twigg Campaign Manager, Ko Awatea
Excited, enthusiastic, committed and eager. This is how ‘we’, Alex, Alex and Lynne, felt as we joined
the School for Health and Care Radicals in 2014. We are all change agents and were keen to extend
our knowledge and ability to become more effective in our roles.
New Zealand is around 11, 7682 miles (18,800 km) away from England and
it is ahead in time zones by around 12-13 hours depending on the time of
year. We worked out that most of the Web Based Learning sessions would
take place on Friday evenings our time which initially posed a challenge in
our ability to join the sessions ‘live’ without disruption to family lives. We
added the word ‘determined’ to our vocabulary and worked out a slightly
different way of participating; the ability to be autonomous in our method of
joining the School was highly successful. We were able to access recordings
and a transcription of the discussions held during the web sessions in
addition to the slide deck used, these tools provided all of the basic learning
material we needed.
By arranging to meet after each of the web teaching sessions we set
a pace for our learning which was in step with the programme and
incorporated time to reflect. At our meeting one of us would lead a
review of the learning session and each of us committed to feedback
on our individual interpretation and to provide examples and
additional learning from our own practice. This was fascinating; we
had all committed to ‘do’ something and the diversity of our
discussion brought a richness that vastly increased our
understanding and knowledge.
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After each session we developed a short update to share with others in our organisation, this started
to create much interest. As the weeks progressed we turned our attention to how we might more
deeply share our learning with others, we wanted many people to have the opportunity that we had.
The three of us pledged to bring 400 other passionate change agents together and enable them to
also learn. Through eleven half-day foundation workshops we have achieved our pledge.
We know that a fundamental principle of being a Health and Care Radical means that change starts
with ‘me’. Through participating in the learning modules we have achieved the knowing. This has
now lead to doing a number of things including raising awareness through five articles shared on our
organisations newsletter (The Daily Dose) and putting into action a plan to achieve our pledge. This
has enabled others to experience our learning and has resulted in a new community of 400 change
agents. We are living the principles of being effective boat
rockers through our conviction that this will make a
difference, and creating a sense of hope as we go.
Excited, enthusiastic, committed and eager. We, together
with our 400 colleagues are now part of ‘us’ a global learning
community of change agents. Together we can radically
improve health and care around the globe; ‘we’ are starting in
Auckland, New Zealand.
Sharing your experiences
Whatever you decide to do and however you decide to do it, we would love to hear from you about
what you’ve done, how you’ve done it and what’s happened as a result.
‘I think the School for Health and Care Radicals is for everyone who wants to
make a difference and hasn’t known how to. I think it will give you the tools
to really engage with the NHS, to really impact and do those things that
you’ve always dreamt of doing.’
‘If you feel that the system is too big, too confusing, that you’re alone, I
think if you get involved with the School for Health and Care Radicals you’ll
find other people who feel like that too, but also people who have already
made change happen in whatever area you’re looking at and by networking
together and forming that community, coupled with the resources that the
School will provide, then we will be able to make some real change.’
Learner, School for Health and Care Radicals
REFLECTION: THE ONCE AND FUTURE STORY
Before going on, you might like to give a few moments’ thought to the future story you might like to
tell about your involvement in the School.
What would you like to be saying to your colleagues/friends/family by the time you have graduated
from the School?
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1 It might help you to think first about what made you decide to register with the School in the first
place. Note your thoughts here. If you have a particular problem or issue that you are hoping to
change or solve, write that down too.
2 Next, consider what you hope to gain from the programme? Consider, for example, how you
would know whether you have solved your problem or answered your question.
3 Finally, what would you be doing differently in say, six months – one year’s time, to indicate to
yourself and others that the programme has been successful?
4 Now write your own ‘quotation’ summarising what you hope to gain from the programme.
If you find it difficult to visualise your own future story, you might be inspired by this digital story,
created by Helen Bevan, anticipating the change agents of the future:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WFcWgO9D5M
Helen’s story looks at The Five Enablers, which are explained in the recently published White Paper:
The new era of thinking and practice in change and transformation.
The Five Enablers are:
1. Activate disruptors, heretics, radicals and mavericks
2. Lead transformation from ‘The Edge’
3. Change your story
4. Curate rather than create knowledge
5. Build bridges to connect the disconnected
You can read more about the five enablers in the White Paper here:
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Finding support
‘Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch
the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down
the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen
learning how to learn.’ Loris Malaguzzi (1920-1994)
Now that you are part of the School for Health and Care Radicals, you never need to feel isolated.
We have suggested the possibility of setting up or joining a local School Learning Group, but there
are many other opportunities for support , including people involved with the School want to work
with you and support you.
Consider your needs for:
personal support
professional support
coaching support
mentoring support
practical support.
ACTIVITY: FINDING SUPPORT
You might like to note down here the names of people who may be able to support you – and the
type of support they could offer others. Be as specific as you can.
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In terms of personal support, friends and family can be good sounding boards for new ideas. Tell
them about your involvement with the School and share your experiences with them – they can
encourage you and support your efforts.
Professional support comes in many forms. There will be people from your past or present who can
help you, by talking over ideas, reading your work, helping solve day-to-day problems at work. It’s
good to have the support of your manager and immediate team members. Let as many people as
possible know that you are learning with the School. Ideally your colleagues will work with you to
provide peer support and perhaps even some peer assessment. It is helpful to gain the views of your
colleagues as to what’s changing at work – they may even notice changes in you! We also encourage
you to involve your colleagues in some of the activities and to draw on their thoughts and
reflections.
Practical support can take a variety of forms. In addition to the weekly webinars and this Programme
Study Guide, there will also be a Study Guide for each module. These will contain lists of additional
resources that you can use to deepen your learning: books, articles, papers, films, blogs, videos and
so on. And, of course, you can always ask for suggestions from other learners. Remember that you
are now part of an international community of practice, where everyone is encouraged to
contribute, and everyone can learn from everyone else.
Working with a mentor
You may like to formalise this support by arranging to work with a mentor on a regular basis. You
might connect with other learners in the School or be inspired by a former Graduate of the School –
many of these people will be very happy to support you in your change efforts.
On the other hand, if you can’t or do not wish to have a mentor, that is absolutely fine. Whatever
you decide it is important, when studying at a distance, not to become isolated. There are many
ways of keeping in touch with other people and sharing some of what you are learning. You will find
others engaged in the School a great source of support and inspiration.
Keeping a learning journal
‘By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is
noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience,
which is the bitterest.’ Confucius
As one of the best ways to learn is to reflect on your
experience, we strongly suggest that you keep a
learning journal to help you keep track of your work –
it can also form the basis for useful discussions
between you and your mentor or colleagues.
Research by Dr Neil Conway and Dr Rob Briner (2001)
at Birkbeck University found that keeping a journal or
diary at work can help you survive and thrive.
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Not only can they be used to keep track of your time, but they can also:
keep track of both negative and positive feelings
provide insights into how people relate to one another
provide a release for things which are bothering you
encourage reflection
help you recognise changes in yourself and others
identify patterns
make you more efficient by helping with time management
offer a ‘reality check’ amidst of the mysteries of organisational culture and politics.
Source: ‘Why keeping a diary at work can help your career’ by Tola Awogbamiye in The Guardian Saturday July 28, 2001
Your learning journal will give you the opportunity to keep notes on:
what you are learning
how you are learning it
how new skills and knowledge may be interacting with your work
your thoughts and ideas for the future
questions and concerns.
In addition, you can use your learning journal as a:
critical incident or reflective diary – recording significant learning and work experiences
record of written work – published or unpublished, as well as letters, memos, reports, etc.
private diary for examining personal issues (you do not need to submit this part of the
journal unless you wish parts of it to be seen in the context of your learning)
log for future learning/training needs.
You may also like to use your learning journal like a scrap book, keeping track of letters, memos,
minutes of meetings, articles, etc. which may stimulate your thoughts and ideas about projects you
want to undertake and how you might like to undertake them.
Some people like to keep a journal in a beautiful (or handsome!) book, while others prefer to keep
an electronic journal. Whatever you do, try to get into the habit of writing in it regularly.
If you are interested in journaling, you may like to look at some of the following resources:
Progoff, I (1982) At a Journal Workshop Dialogue House
Price, D (1999) How to Make a Journal of Your Life Ten Speed Press
Senn, L (2001) The Many Faces of Journaling Pen Central Press
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Drawing up a learning plan
‘To know how other people behave takes intelligence, but to know myself
takes wisdom. To manage other people’s lives takes strength, but to
manage my own life takes true power.’ Lao Tzu
Now that you have begun thinking about what you would like to get from the School, it may be
helpful for you to draw up a learning plan. If you have a mentor, a learning contract is a useful basis
for your relationship. If you are working with other colleagues or people in your team, you may like
to share and review each other’s plans. Or you may just decide that you will make an agreement
with yourself. Your learning journal may be the ideal place to keep your learning plan.
A learning plan is really just a way of clarifying your expectations:
what you hope to gain from the School
what you expect from yourself, your colleagues, your mentor
what others expect from you.
You don’t have to complete the plan all at once – it can change over time but it does put a peg in the
ground as you begin your work with the school and will help you to organise your work and your
learning in the way that is most helpful to you in your particular circumstances. Your learning plan
should start with where you are now and a realistic assessment of the things you already know and
the things you are good at.
ACTIVITY: WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
1 Give some thought to your own strengths and weaknesses. Be as honest as you can – especially in
relation to your strengths!
2 Looking back at the programme outline, you may know something about some (or many!) of the
topics already. Jot down some notes relating to the content headings and learning outcomes.
Many of us find it challenging to talk about our strengths so you may find it helpful to talk to a friend
or colleague and try to see yourself through his or her eyes. And remember that you don’t have to
do everything at once: taking the first step can sometimes be the most daunting but it is always the
most important, as this poem by David Whyte reminds us.
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START CLOSE IN
Start close in, don't take the second step
or the third, start with the first
thing close in, the step
you don't want to take.
Start with the ground you know,
the pale ground beneath your feet,
your own way of starting
the conversation.
Start with your own question,
give up on other people's questions,
don't let them smother something
simple.
To find another's voice,
follow your own voice,
wait until that voice becomes a private ear
listening to another.
Start right now take a small step
you can call your own don't follow
someone else's heroics, be humble
and focused, start close in, don't mistake
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that other for your own.
Start close in, don't take
the second step or the third,
start with the first thing
close in, the step
you don't want to take.
David Whyte (2012) River Flow: New and selected poems
In the rest of this Programme Study Guide, we will offer some ideas, theories, tools and techniques
that may help to deepen your learning and make your time spent on the School more fruitful. You
can pick and choose what you like and leave the rest but we hope that you will find something that
resonates with you and your particular approach to learning.
Getting to know yourself: the Johari Window
The Johari Window is a technique designed to improve your self-awareness and your understanding
of others in your group or team; it’s particularly useful for personal development, self-awareness,
improving communications and interpersonal relationships, understanding group dynamics and
inter-group relationships. in relation to behaviour, empathy, cooperation, inter-group development
and interpersonal development.
The model consists of a grid made up of four squares (like a window with four panes).
The Arena
The upper left quadrant, usually labelled open self/area; free area; public area or arena, represents
those behaviours, attitudes, feelings, emotions, knowledge, skills, experience, views, etc. that are
known to the person and to others. This is the most productive area for individuals and groups,
where there is good communication, co-operation and trust. This is obviously the area that most
teams should concentrate on developing.
The blind spot
The upper right quadrant, known as ‘blind self’, ‘blind spot’ or ‘blind area’ represents what is known
by others by unknown to the individual. The person may lack self-awareness or be deluded or may
be deliberately hiding things from others. It is helpful to gain sensitive and non-judgemental
feedback from others to reduce the size of the blind spot and increase the open area.
The façade
The lower left quadrant is known as ‘the façade’, ‘hidden self’, ‘hidden area’ or ‘avoided area’ –
these are the things that are known to an individual but are kept hidden from others. This area may
include fears, insecurities, sensitivities, hidden agendas, secrets – anything that a person does not
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want others to know about. Obviously there are personal things that are private and not relevant to
work, but there are other things that could more usefully be brought into the open area for the
benefit of the individual and the team.
The unknown
The lower right quadrant, or ‘unknown self’, area of unknown activity’ or ‘unknown area’ relates to
information, feelings, abilities, aptitudes, experience, etc. that are unknown to the individual and to
the group. This area tends to be larger in younger people with less experience, but can also cover
abilities that are underestimated, perhaps through lack of confidence or training.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_window
There are many opportunities for using the Johari window and it is an excellent tool for developing
skills in delivering constructive feedback as well as promoting trust in teams. All team members, but
especially leaders, should try to increase their open areas and reduce hidden and unknown areas.
Give some thought to ways you could use the Johari Window to increase understanding and self-
knowledge within your team or between teams in your organisation.
You can find more on how to use the Johari Window here:
http://www.businessballs.com/johariwindowmodel.htm
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Becoming a reflective practitioner
‘We learn not from experience but by reflecting on experience.’
John Dewey, 1939
There is a great deal of emphasis within the NHS and other
health and care systems on becoming a reflective
practitioner…. but it is not always clear what this means.
We hope that, by joining the School for Health and Care
Radicals, you will take the opportunity to learn from
reflecting on your experience.
Some people regard the ability to reflect as the hallmark of
a professional, as opposed to someone who simply does
their job.
Academics and theorists have written a great deal about reflection and reflective practice and we
will summarise some of these below.
In essence, the practice of reflection is not difficult, and it is quite likely that you are already doing it
in your work and in your everyday life. The fact that you have registered with the School indicates
that you have given some thought to what you do well – or at least to what you don’t do so well –
and this is the basis of reflection.
ACTIVITY: PRACTISING REFLECTION
Think of an incident which has occurred during the last few days. It doesn’t really matter whether it
was at home or at work – the main thing is to take some time to reflect on what happened.
Briefly describe the incident: what happened?
How did you feel?
What did you do in response to the incident?
What was the outcome?
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If it was successful, what did you do to contribute to the success?
If not, what would you do differently next time?
Here is an example that might help to illustrate the process of reflection.
Case study: How are you?
A medical student is working with his clinical partner doing psychiatric triage. The patient is
depressed, confused, disengaged, barely responding to questions, however hard they try to engage
with him.
When the assessment is finished he goes out to the waiting room.
After a few minutes, they hear him announce that he wants to leave. The doctors are remonstrating
with him, fearing that he is at risk of self-harming or even suicide. He makes no eye contact, gives no
response to their questions.
After many minutes of fruitless attempts to engage with him, or even to get him to speak, they
threaten to section him.
Just then he looks up and asks ‘How much is the treatment going to cost?’
The man was an NHS patient, and there would be no cost.
Our medical student reflects on the conduct of the assessment.
‘If we hadn’t been so engrossed with getting all the clinical details, we might have paid more
attention to his concerns, his anxieties, especially as money worries were a huge contributing factor
in his depression.’
‘I would like to think that the next time I am assessing someone, I would ask a simple question like
“Is there anything you are concerned about?” Or even, simply “How are you?”
That would save so much anxiety for the patients and so much time for the clinical staff.’
You can watch the reflective digital story made by the medical student here:
http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/flv/0778pv384.htm
There are a number of other reflective digital stories created by medical students, which might help
you to think more deeply about the value of reflection:
http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/pkt.htm
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Most of us go through this process many times each day, both at work and at home, and it is one of
the ways we learn best.
The key stages of the process are:
1. Identify the incident or problem. (The experience)
2. Think about what happened: who was involved, what each person did, what the outcome
was and how you felt about it. (The description and its effect on you)
3. Now consider what might have been differently to produce a different outcome. (Your
reflection and analysis of the situation – can also include your thoughts and feelings about
the knock-on effects, what led to the situation arising in the first place and what is really
going on?)
You can also use this process to help you keep track of what you are learning:
1. What have you learned?
2. How do you know you have learned it (i.e. what are you doing differently now to indicate
that there has been a change in your skills, knowledge or attitude?
3. How is this affecting your work and what might be the implications for the future?
This process is one that you can use throughout the School and beyond and it will stand you in good
stead throughout your life and career.
‘Mere activity does not constitute experience…. To learn from experience is
to make a backward and forward connection between what we do to things
and what we enjoy or suffer from things in consequence. Under such
conditions, doing because a trying: an experiment with the world to find out
what it is like: the undergoing becomes instruction – discovery of the
connection of things.’ Dewey 1916
Theories and models of reflection
Many models and techniques have been
developed to assist the reflective process.
They all have a similar aim: to provide a way of
thinking about and recording experience so
that it becomes possible to learn from that
experience. Three of these models are set out
below. They are not intended to constrain you
but to help you begin to structure your
thinking in the most effective way. All the
models described here share crucial
similarities. Feel free to mix and adapt them to
your own situation or learning style – the
important thing is that you take time to reflect upon your work and your learning and learn from
your experience.
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Kolb’s experiential learning cycle
David Kolb (1983) identified four key stages in learning:
1. Concrete experience – learning begins when something happens – there must be active
involvement and felt experience. So here is where you identify the problem, situation or
incident.
2. Reflective observation – standing back and observing ore reviewing the incident. Has it
happened before? How was this time different? How did it make you feel? Why is this
aspect of your work particularly important or particularly troublesome? It can be helpful to
involve others here.
3. Abstract conceptualisation – this is when you make sense of what has happened and
involves your deeper analysis and interpretation of events. What caused a problem or what
made it work well? What are the knock-on effects? How did it arise in the first place? What
is really going on here?
4. Active experimentation – engaging in this process helps us learn from experience in a very
effective way by considering how to translate new learning into planning and doing. This is
where we set out the possibilities for change and better practice.
Kolb’s learning cycle from: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/gradschool/training/eresources/teaching/theories/kolb
Critical incident analysis
Critical incident analysis is another well-known way of
establishing a structure for your reflections. Critical incident
analysis as a technique originated during World War II, when the
US Army Air Force needed to select and train air crews quickly.
Instructors were asked to answer four questions about their
trainees in an attempt to discover why pilots failed the training
programme.
When was the last time you saw a trainee pilot do something effective or ineffective?
What led up to this situation?
Exactly what did the trainee do?
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Why was it effective or ineffective?
The questions demanded factual answers – not intuitions or unfocused feelings about particular
individuals.
Today, critical incident analysis is used by professionals in many fields, particularly as part of the
reflective process. It can help identify the areas which professionals themselves recognise as critical.
Critical incident analysis should take into account questions like the following:
Where did the event occur: what were the relevance of the place and its impact on the situation?
When did it happen: was this an important factor?
Who was involved?
A detailed description of what happened.
Why the incident was critical or significant to you?
What you were thinking about as it was taking place?
What was most satisfying or dissatisfying?
What you might have done differently?
Why you might have done this differently?
What action, if any, you will take as a result of this learning?
Johns’ model of structured reflection
Christopher Johns (1994) devised his model of reflection for use by nurses and other health care
professionals. With slight adaptation, it is as suitable for any professional – or anyone at all – who
wishes to learn from experience.
1 Description
- Describe the incident or problem or
issue.
- What are the key issues within
this description which you need to pay
attention to?
2 Reflection
- What was I trying to achieve?
- Why did I act as I did?
- What were the consequences of my
actions?
- How did I feel about this experience when it was happening?
- How did others involved feel about it?
- How do I know how they felt about it?
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3 Influencing factors
- What internal factors influenced my decision-making and actions?
- What external factors influenced my decision-making and actions?
- What sources of knowledge did or should have influenced my decision-making and actions?
- Could I have dealt better with the situation?
- What other choices did I have?
- What would be the consequences of those other choices?
4 Learning
- How can I make sense of this experience in the light of past experience and future practice?
- How do I now feel about this experience?
- Have I taken effective action to support myself and others as a result of this experience?
Source: Johns, C. (1994) ‘Nuances of reflection’ IN Journal of Clinical Nursing 3: 71-75
Tripp’s model of structured reflection
Finally, here is Tripp’s model of structured reflection.
Questions used to examine a critical incident
Kind of judgement Information required Questions asked People involved
Practical Procedural What should I do?
How?
When?
Where
For and/or with whom?
Diagnostic Descriptive
Causal
Effectual
Affectual
Semantic
Explanatory
What happened?
What made it happen?
What does it do?
What does it feel like?
What does it mean?
Why did (does) it occur?
Who was involved?
Who acted?
For whom?
For whom?
To whom?
With whom?
Reflective Personal
Evaluative
Do I like it?
Is it a good thing?
Do others like it?
For whom?
Based on Tripp, D. (1993) Critical Incidents in Teaching. London: Routledge
Despite the many different models of reflection, it is not
always clear that what we are really seeking to do in the
process of reflection is to develop a felt understanding of an
experience. This is particularly important when working in
the context of care, when those with whom we come into
contact are often ill, vulnerable and needy. We need to
understand their situation, their life experiences, as well as
our own, in order to provide care that is kind and humane as
well as clinically effective.
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The creative arts offer opportunities to explore meaning, to see light and shadows and to use our
imagination, especially when trying to understand others. This kind of reflection can also deepen our
capacity for empathy and compassion.
‘Culture of the mind must be subservient to the culture of the heart.’
Mahatma Gandhi
We would like to end this section by drawing your attention to the power of stories and storytelling
as a way of engaging hearts as well as minds, and reflecting on others’ experiences as well as our
own.
Stories and transformation
‘Storytelling is the mode of description best suited to transformation in new
situations of action.’ Schön, 1988
Storytelling is one of the oldest – and most pervasive – of human activities. Stories help us make
sense of experiences – our own and those of others. It is through stories that we learn to be part of a
family, a group, a society, an organisation or a culture. Stories convey tacit knowledge – the things
we know but don’t necessarily know we know. Stories can be educational and instructive as well as
entertaining. A story is so much more than just a list of events: stories carry our values and our
passions, allowing us to encourage, motivate, inspire, celebrate, enthuse and engage – all vital when
we are trying to effect change.
‘How can I help people if I don’t know the right stories to tell them?’
Jack Cash in Walk the line
However, as Schön warns us, ‘Stories are
products of reflection, but we do not usually
hold on to them long enough to make them
objects of reflection in their own right.’
(Schön, 1988) So, if we want to use stories to
carry our dreams and aspirations into reality,
it’s necessary to find a way of preserving
them. There are many, many different ways
of sharing stories and you may be more
adept at some than others. Some people
love to tell stories, some write poetry, some
draw or paint pictures, some take photos,
some make films, some write plays, some act
in them, some throw pots, some compose music (or play it), some make quilts, knit scarves, work
with wood, decorate cakes, arrange flowers, while still others dance…
All these are ways of expressing and sharing our common human experience. So, it’s helpful not
only to the think of the stories you want to tell, but how you will tell them.
You may be thinking that you are not very creative; most of us, however, are more creative than we
think.
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ACTIVITY: THINKING ABOUT STORIES AND CREATIVITY
1 How do you express your own creativity?
2 How would others – friends, family and colleagues – describe your creative gifts?
If you are able to bring your creativity into your work in such a way as to engage with others, you are
likely not only to find greater satisfaction in your work, but also to be a more effective change agent.
‘Telling this story has reminded me of how our creativity connects with part
of our soul - how wonderful it is to be part of something that does not have
measurable targets or hard matrices.’ Patient Voices storyteller
ACTIVITY: CELEBRATION
1 Think of something you have done that you are really proud of. Jot down a few notes.
2 Now turn that experience into a story – one that will engage, entertain and possibly even inspire or
motivate your audience.
You might find it interesting to watch some stories of celebration made by colleagues in the health
and care sector – they may inspire you to share your own stories of success!
The chief officer of the NHS Heart Improvement Programme wants to make a difference and with a
little help from his friends he does so.
http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/flv/0050pv384.htm
A small voluntary organisation that provides free counselling for those who would not otherwise
have access to such a service is struggling to survive in the face of funding cuts. If the prevailing
attitude does indeed prevail what future is there for voluntary organisations in the co-production of
care?
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A brief history of the Heart Improvement Programme celebrates the real improvements in services to
patients that are the result of working collaboratively and building networks of doctors nurses and
patients.
http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/flv/0026pv384.htm
Val Leggett, Infection Control Nurse for Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust,
describes how lateral thinking, teamwork and use of colleagues' expertise achieved an award-
winning facility.
http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/flv/0266pv384.htm
A chance remark made Katie determined to return to the nursing job she loved. But it wasn't until she
was sent on a Montessori for dementia patients training course that she realised the direction she
now wanted to take. Today she is really making a difference to people's lives.
http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/flv/0633pv384.htm
As you progress through the School, you may find it helpful to pay particular attention to the
different ways in which people tell stories and how you respond to them. If you haven’t already
done so, begin to develop your own storytelling style – and you can see from the examples above
that it is possible to say a great deal in a very short space of time!
‘Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.’
Toni Morrison, 1994
Resources
Each module will contain a list of resources that are particularly relevant to that module.
You will also find a collection of resources at www.theedge.nhsiq.nhs.uk/school/
This collection will grow as we update it so please do check back often.
Rapid Radical Reading
We know that Radicals are busy people and don’t always have a lot of time to keep up with new
information. We want to help you with that and so we will be encouraging you to practice RRR – that
is, Rapid Radical Reading – by highlighting things that you can read or watch or listen to in just ten
or 15 minutes. Keep an eye out for the RRR symbol – R3 – next to these short but useful resources
and we hope you will enjoy updating your knowledge over a sandwich or cup of tea!
We also welcome your suggestions of resources that you have found helpful, so please do contact us
with your ideas and contribute to the growing collection. We look forward to seeing you in School –
and please keep in touch!
Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 2476 627543
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