Published Papers

What do you do to overcome the shock of a less than flattering categorisation after a CPA? Paper published in Catalyst, a Caret publication.

People, not processes, make partnerships work successfully. Paper prepared for Engage East Midlands Voluntary Sector conference.

A brief Case Study of Recovery Planning at Walsall MBC—it’s amazing what can be achieved as part of a team with tenacity, focus, mutual support and a sense of humour.

Conclusions from a Multi Agency Learning Network that throws light on what we need to learn about forming and developing healthy and sustainable Partnerships

A view from a multi-agency continuous learning set. A paper prepared for the East Midlands Voluntary and Community Sector annual conference.

2. Getting on the Up Escalator (53 kb)

5. Learning in Partnerships (95 kb)

6. Recovery Planning (53 kb)

4. Solace Conference (77 kb)

3. Learning in Partnerships (120 kb)

Here are some recent published papers. Please feel free to use material here, but we would appreciate a word of acknowledgement for Optimum Interventions.

Organisational improvement at Solihull MBC—One Council One Vision

7. Change is Possible (156 kb)

A collaboration audit taken from Kouzes and Posner’s book The Leadership Challenge

8. Collaboration Audit (43 kb)

A series of thoughts and comments on values and how they can provide a sense of common direction; they are the bedrock of corporate culture.

9. Values (42 kb)

The West Midlands Fire Service engaged Oi Ltd. to work with the groups of its managers via appreciative inquiry-based 4-D events to create material for the service's vision project, and at the same time equip a group of colleagues in the service with sufficient knowledge and confidence of AI to take a more leading role in later visioning activities, including developing and running a Vision Summit. Read the full story here.

1. West Midlands Fire Service (37 kb)