Tag: community
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Seats at the table
Who gets access to information, and who gets to decide really matters. It matters more than most systems are willing to admit. We talk a lot about “bringing people to the table”. But there is a fundamental difference between sharing power and staging participation. Too often, the direction has already been set.The key decisions have…
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Stepping Forward
How people move from taking part to shaping what happens next. It doesn’t start with contribution Most people don’t arrive ready to lead, volunteer, or take responsibility. They arrive to take part. To try something.To see what it’s like.To be around others. That first step matters more than we often give it credit for. —…
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Community Sensei
The people who have gone before Someone who has gone before In Karate, a Sensei isn’t simply a teacher. It doesn’t just mean instructor or coach. It literally translates as: someone who has gone before. Someone who has walked the path ahead of you. Someone who can help you navigate the learning.The doing.The journey. It’s…
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Holding the table
The unseen work of bringing people together A lot of the work we do isn’t really seen. You might see the occasional social media post.Sometimes a photo of families enjoying an activity in a park.Every now and again an impact report. What you don’t see are the conversations that happen beforehand — and the dozens…
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Small Things Done Well
Notes from the unglamorous side of getting stuff done. I can’t remember exactly when it clicked. It was one of those slightly tongue-in-cheek realisations you have halfway through a conversation. I kept finding myself drawn to the same type of people. Different jobs.Different industries.Different personalities. But the same trait. They’re the ones who make things…
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What Are We Actually Trying to Learn?
How Hartlepool Sport is using Test & Learn to shape Place Expansion When people hear “Test & Learn”, it’s easy to picture more sessions, more classes, more programmes. But that isn’t what we’re doing. Because if we simply delivered more activity, we might get busier — but we wouldn’t necessarily get better. For Hartlepool Sport,…
Northern Ambiguity 