
Word of DivaManc is spreading
This month DivaManc has been featured in Public Sector Focus, UK and in Tribune Feminista, Spain! (Our article as published in Public Sector Focus November-December 2016) Putting the DIVA into Devolution A growing group of grassroots women in Greater Manchester are creating spaces to play a greater role in the devolution agenda, within the #DivaManc campaign. Openly experimenting there are potential lessons for those looking to put collaboration at the heart of engagement. N


Collaborating ‘within’: deliberate development in coworking spaces
New and exciting joint-work between amity and Happen aims to, “ignite and nurture strength in purposeful collaboration” Coworking spaces are booming in Greater Manchester and it’s no surprise with a seemingly unstoppable growth in the numbers of freelancers, entrepreneurial start-ups and just those no longer provided with a full-time desk by their employer. Only last month the Manchester Evening News highlighted that at least 200,000 sq ft of co-working space will be added t


Do you want people to be happy at work? – Address toxic behaviour
(One from the archives, first published on HelenSandersonAssociates website 16 October 2015. I'm preparing for a session where I'll be supporting a team to walk the toxins grid, I came back to this blog I wrote in 2015 so thought I'd reshare.) I had an incredibly rewarding weekend on the ORSC Fundamentals course facilitated by CRR Global. The two-day course provided an introduction to organisation and relationship systems coaching. By far the best course I’ve been on fo