Yesterday, our team of four raised £2,000 for @actionmedres by doing the #racethesun adventure event in the Brecon Beacons. We were cycling, canoeing and hiking for 9 and 3/4 hours!

"Best practice" doesn't work in most change situations in health & care. Best practice works in simple, stable scenarios but we are mostly working in complex systems. This means that yes, we can learn from the practices of others, but we have to: 1) Bring in a diversity of perspectives and experiences 2) Test out new practices experimentally 3) Create learning loops 4) Push authority down to the people who need to act on the information ("disintermediation") medium.com/topology-insight/… By @jbriselli Graphic adapted from @TheCynefinCo

Interested in learning more about how exercise based #innovation is supporting #olderpeople to live healthy lives and reduce #falls? Join us for this #collaborative event in #Exeter on 6th June @sw_ahsn @nikki3_taylor @danlyus @HSmithSafety @WilliamMLilley

We can learn a lot from North East & North Cumbria integrated care system @NENC_NHS & their approach to improvement. Their goal isn't to "be the best" but to "be the best at getting better". This helps create a shared mission to build capability for change & to always keep improving. Graphic by @quotedvisually. Inspiration from @samanthallen & @annielaverty.

#PsychologicalSafety and my book The Fearless Organization beautifully brought to life by @ameliacrab.

A thriving community of practice/community of action needs an "architecture of participation". This includes making it easy for people to join in ("easy onboarding")& spaces where they can connect informally ("backchannels & watercoolers") blog.weareopen.coop/quick-wi… V @WeAreOpenCoop

Great Blog Kim on Creating a safe space for regional quality improvement swahsn.com/news/creating-a-s… @KimMorrisseySW @HSmithSafety @AnnaLodgeALC @drmatthill01 @2019annhill

22 inventions that are saving the Earth

We typically value the skills of visionary, inspirational leaders over the practical skills of good managers. But evidence all around us suggests that what we often denigrate as "mere management" is incredibly difficult & valuable say @kevinkniffin et al: sloanreview.mit.edu/article/…

Only just before going on holiday do I ever achieve this. Maybe I need to take more holidays 🤣

And we are off , our first ever away day , lots of energy in the room and a brilliant guest appearance by our soon to start Cait. #powerofteams #PeopleFirst @Dr_MarkHamilton #TeamHealth #lean now how big are these towers going to be and can they be rebuilt? ?

A great day facilitating an awesome purpose driven team with @LottieLBurrows for @sw_ahsn today. 😃👇our plan and it seemed to work well.

👩‍⚕️Are you a health & social care professional in the SW? ❓Want to combine research & research leadership with continued practice and professional development? 🏆Apply for a 2023 SW NIHR & HEE integrated clinical academic prog award! ⏰Deadline 15 Nov arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/news/2023…

Our new evaluation of @peri_prem published this week in @BMJOpenQuality shows how a unique bundle of interventions and a #qualityimprovement approach is improving care for mothers and premature babies. @WEAHSN @swneonatal Read more: swahsn.com/news/new-evaluati…

We are recruiting Programme Directors. Our Programme Directors are responsible for leading the design, development and delivery of our portfolio of national and regional programmes across our health and care systems. swahsn.com/wp-content/upload… #Job #vacancy

How can new #IntegratedCareSystems effectively integrate #research, #innovation and #improvement into their design? Through a combination of 10 factors, according to the @sw_ahsn in its latest blog by @danlyus: swahsn.com/news/blog-10-fact…

We explored Academic Health Science Networks' experiences with #rapid #implementation during #COVID19. Great working together with @sw_ahsn @SarahRobens @S_Tuvey and @WessexAHSN @Andy_Sibley . Read our @FrontHealthServ article 👉bit.ly/3BL8LaV #impsci @BayesBSchool