Systems thinking and collective impact
When we seek change the temptation is looking for ‘the key’ component of a problem or situation that, if changed,
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A Mindful New Year
What is mindfulness and why should we be paying attention to it in our individual and organizational work in health systems? This post explores that very question.
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By paying attention — being mindful — of what you’re doing and how it is working, you can start to build a longer-term strategy or pattern of activity that moves you along to where you want to go. It also prevents you from the let down at having not achieved your goals, but setting yourself up for success rather than failure. These kinds of strategies address the complexity of human lives and provide a useful replacement for New Year’s Resolutions.
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New Year’s resolutions are problems because they often set us up for failure. Perhaps the one resolution that you will want to follow this year is to skip the resolution altogether and commit to doing something small often and enjoying yourself and those around you while you do it.
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