The eagerly anticipated Sue Gray report into events at Downing Street has now been published. Due to the Met Police investigating some of the events, Ms Gray was extremely limited in what she could say. However, one striking inclusion of the report was that some staff did not feel they could raise concerns over the…
Blue Monday – not the hit single by New Order – but ‘the most depressing day of the year’. Although New Orders infamous song does not actually include the phrase ‘Blue Monday’ and actually has no relation to the third Monday of January, perhaps there are hidden similarities between the song and the day. Throughout…
The whole world is going through a period of transformation and change. The digital and technological transformation started before the pandemic but with remote working restrictions and less social interaction, the demand for technology has risen and continues to rise. As we venture into the 2022 the words ‘new’ and ‘different’ will remain at the…
As we close out the year and say goodbye to 2021, we asked our team for their reflections of the past year. Throughout the last 12 months we were in the unique position of supporting our client community whilst also manifesting significant change ourselves. It has been a turbulent year with the constant need to…
National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, running from Saturday 27 November to Sunday 5 December. Across the country, people will be planting thousands of trees to mark the start of the winter tree planting season. But why is it important to celebrate trees? Indeed, trees are vital for our survival as…
It is all well and good describing and explaining what dialogic practice is and how it differs from other models of conversational learning. Naturally then, the next step is how we can put this model into action and transform the culture of an organisation using dialogic practice. What Does Culture Mean? To begin with, culture…
Following the past 18 months, I am making a very conscious effort to change some of my less useful and unhealthy habits into something much more beneficial for me. I understand how small but consistent effort and change can lead to greater improvements in my work-life balance, which holds value and importance for me. Of…
It was only a matter of time before the natural progression of the status quo workplace life coincided with the rapid rise of technology and it took the COVID-19 pandemic to act as the catalyst to facilitate change. Almost overnight we were forced into the unknown as suddenly working from home became the norm. Although…
As people we enjoy comfort, routine, and a sense of security, but as soon as this is disrupted, we may experience both positive and negative, physical and psychological changes. Change is also prevalent in the working world and many of us would have never experienced change so significantly as we have in the last 24…
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela Since March 2020 I’ve felt like I’ve been in a boxing ring and my resilience has really been tested with plenty of punches. I know I’m not the only one and we have all been challenged…
In 1954, Dr. Brock Chisholm, the first Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), stated that “without mental health there can be no true physical health“ Around 264 million people globally, suffer from depression and from anxiety, and 450 million people experience mental or neurological disorders. A study in Korea found that 75 percent of…
Here at Roffey Park Institute we think about resilience a lot. Long before the pandemic struck it was a core research interest from which we derived resilience diagnostics, white papers, masterclasses and learning programmes. With the onset of Covid-19 and the transformation of all our working lives, resilience has become a core interest for many…
