Practical Developmental Ideas
This free ezine has ideas and tools that I hope you will find useful. I will also give some uses of the material and some ideas about possibilities. I hope to respond to your needs and interests so this can be a useful means of two-way communication and raise awareness of what people who are active in development are doing and needing.
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Archive
You will find the earlier issues listed below.
To access the ezines click on the headings.
Practical Developmental Ideas January 2005
This issue is about developing strategy. A strategy will help you get from where you are now to where you want to be. It gives some ideas that may help you or your colleagues or clients.
Practical Developmental Ideas December 2004
This issue has some ideas on what a developmental culture is and how we can develop one. In a developmental culture, learning happens easily without you having to drive it.
Practical Developmental Ideas November 2004
This issue is about the design of learning events. There are some principles and methods that can make learning events enjoyable and productive. When they work, learning events can make a big difference to an organisation. When they don't, they create cynicism that is very hard to shift.
Practical Developmental Ideas October 2004
This issue is about accelerating learning. I have wondered for a long time how infants learn so fast and what we could do to keep learning as fast as they do.
Practical Developmental Ideas September 2004
This issue is about how releasing creativity. I don't agree with the conventional view that only a few "special" people can be creative. There is a lot we can do to help release creativity from everyone, including ourselves.
Practical Developmental Ideas August 2004
This issue is about how to handle and resolve conflict. We often see conflict as destructive and it can be if mishandled. When you handle conflict well it can lead to magnificent creativity and growth.
Practical Developmental Ideas June/July 2004
This is about the causes of emotional blocks that can affect any area of a person's work or life. It gives some ways to remove them, illustrated with examples.
Practical Developmental Ideas April/May 2004
This is about how we can increase the gearing and impact of the development work we do.
Practical Developmental Ideas March 2004
This issue is about managing performance. This depends on the person, their manager, colleagues, and the organisation.
Practical Developmental Ideas January/February 2004
This gives some ideas about rest and renewal and asks for your thoughts too.
Practical Developmental Ideas December 2003
This gives some ideas about how to eliminate work so you can release time for development.
Practical Developmental Ideas November 2003
This discusses how to grow the spirit of an organisation, team or individual using practical methods.
Practical Developmental Ideas September/October 2003
This talks about the value of appreciation and gives some ideas and exercises for increasing the amount of in the organisation.
Practical Developmental Ideas August 2003
This gives some thoughts and methods for developing everybody in an organisation rather than the critical few.
Practical Developmental Ideas July 2003
This discusses the value of listening and gives some ways of having more of it in organisations. It gives links to information on two-way helping, see coconsulting and cocounselling for more.
Practical Developmental Ideas June 2003
This gives some ideas for making meetings more effective and enjoyable. It also gives links to other sources that you will find thought provoking.
Practical Developmental Ideas May 2003
This has two pieces on extending teamwork further to include team building between teams and groups. It has two outline designs for workshops that you can adapt.
Practical Developmental Ideas April 2003
This is a sample ezine containing two pieces on "Extending Teamwork". The first is on building teams between pairs of people, the second is about building teams across systems. To access them, click either of the links above.
Please help me help you.
I want this ezine to give you practical tools that are relevant to your current concerns and in a form that is user friendly. You can help me help you by telling me what developmental issues you are interested in.
I would also appreciate your comments or suggestions on the presentation or content so it is most helpful for you.
I am looking forward to seeing how this develops.
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Using these materials
I am entirely happy for you to use
or draw on any these materials in any way you think will be helpful. I am keen
to have my work, and the work of the people I have learned from, used.
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If
you would like to discuss any of this further, or meet, please call Nick Heap
on +44 (0)1707 886553 or email info@nickheap.co.uk
Thank you