Posted by in Blog, Leadership This quote, from Dave Gray’s brilliant book ‘Liminal Thinking’, typifies how the Wales Social Research Awards came about and was developed. I was at the launch of the Academy of Social Sciences’ publication Making the Case for the Social Sciences 10: Wales on the 25th November 2015 at the Pierhead in Cardiff Bay. A piece…Read more »
Posted by in Leadership, Quote I love this quote. Not just because I love The Beatles and Steve Jobs, but because the analogy is simple, it’s visual, and it works! #teamwork
Posted by in Blog, Leadership So let me tell you why I think telling the WE story is important for Wales’ wellbeing… Last year, I had the privilege to work alongside some great people in helping to shape the Wales Audit Office’s shared learning seminar on The Future of Governance: effective decision making for current and future generations. Many of…Read more »
Posted by in Blog Volunteers’ Week – the annual festival of volunteering – drew to a close earlier this month, and you couldn’t help but be inspired, grateful, and proud to hear about the amazing contributions millions of volunteers make across the UK… week in, week out. In Wales, like the rest of the UK, volunteers are the lifeblood…Read more »
Posted by in Blog, Leadership, Parenting With two small (active and sparky) children, a full-time job, a 70-mile daily commute, domestic chores, singing in a local choir, and voluntary roles as the Vice Chair of our nursery’s Friends Association and a trustee of a Wales-wide charitable housing association, quality thinking time is… let’s say… precious! Like many people in my situation,…Read more »
Dr Rachel Hughes 