by Graeme | Mar 14, 2023 | capacity, systems
Update: applications are now closed for this year’s action learning programmes. These are special six-month leadership and organisational development opportunities. Developed by the Lasting Difference team, the programmes offer you protected time and space to:...
by Graeme | Feb 22, 2023 | capabilities, capacity, case study, collaboration, Effectiveness, sustainability
This case study, written for us by outgoing CEO Sarah Van Putten, shares valuable lessons in how a membership organisation can develop the capacity of its members. Befriending Networks are the national intermediary supporting almost 400 befriending...
by Graeme | Feb 22, 2023 | capacity, case study, collaboration
Case study: Sustainable mental health for all The pandemic has had a negative impact on the mental health of people all over the country. But people who already experience inequality have been far more adversely affected. That’s why Mental Health Foundation have...
by Graeme | Jan 18, 2023 | capacity, case study, Effectiveness, involvement, sustainability
Dyslexia Scotland might be a small organisation, but it is made up of incredible people – and not just its paid staff. By working with changemakers, the organisation’s new strategy (which we wrote about in a recent newsletter) extends the charity’s reach and...
by Graeme | Nov 7, 2022 | capacity, innovation, strategy, sustainability
We’ve always said the way to cope with the sustainability paradoxes is to screen new ideas. But we’ve not shared a ‘Lasting Difference’ way to do this. Until now. Our straightforward new idea screening tool helps you assess new initiatives with...
by Graeme | Aug 30, 2022 | capacity, elearning
Two years of responding to trauma has become a learned behaviour. Overwhelmed by circumstances and events beyond our control, we stop looking for ways out or recognising help when it comes along. ‘Learned helplessness’ is when we start losing the capacity...
