April 16, 2020

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How to Do Social Work: A basic guide from one of social work’s leading authors

Promoting Resilience: Responding to Adversity, Vulnerability and Loss

This important new book emphasises the sociological aspects of resilience. It challenges the idea that resilience is purely a psychological phenomenon by exploring the wide range of social factors involved. Available for purchase here

Neil Thompson’s Lesson for Living – Choose the right communication method

Email has proven to be a very effective communication tool, saving a great deal of time, money and effort compared with the pre-email days. However, email has also brought problems, not least the well-documented ‘flame wars’ where miscommunication upon miscommunication […]

If you’re burning out, carve a new path

As leaders looks for new ways to improve workplace well-being while reducing stress and burnout, a relatively new concept has emerged: job crafting, a strategy that gives employees the chance to design their roles for a more meaningful experience of […]

Windrush: We need a review into Home Office’s institutional racism

Race equality and migrant rights organisations call for independent review into institutional racism in the Home Office. Following the publication of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review, 15 race equality and migrant rights organisations (full list below) have today called for […]

Seth Godin’s blog – Calm also has a coefficient

Panic loves company. And yet calm is our practical, efficient, rational alternative. If you’re on a crowded plane and one person is freaking out about turbulence, the panic will eventually peter out. If, on the other hand, six people are […]

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