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Month: January 2019

  • Humanistic Psychology

Work and how to survive it: Lesson 3. Encourage the whole self

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 19/01/201930/01/2019

This is the third in a series reflecting on excerpts from Life and How To Survive It, by the psychotherapist Robin Skynner and the comedian John Cleese, with some reflections on work and organisations.

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Learning Teams, Learning from Communities

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 13/01/201906/03/2021

Learning Teams, Learning from Communities
In this article, I refer to some of the ideas and writings of asset-based community development to reflect on Learning Teams in health and safety, and small group conversations and action more generally in organisations. I highlight four lessons from ABCD for learning teams and host organisations.

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About the Author

Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) & Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF)

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