Guide / Setting the conditions

Setting the conditions

This work goes best when you create the right conditions for it. Before you begin:

Give yourself space

One important condition is giving yourself time to think and reflect. Protect it.

Embrace differing opinions

It is unlikely that everyone will agree fully. There are significant advantages in a range of views — the gaps between people are often where the richest learning is.

Be reflective

What you learn from how you work through this guide is as important as where you end up.

Recognise your assets

Your organisation has resilience or it wouldn't be operating. Celebrating what you do well makes for a far more productive starting point.

Recognise the journey

Notice the progress you have made and how you got there. Perfection is often the enemy of the good.

Take care not to drain the battery

Look after yourself, your team and your peers. Your wellbeing is part of this whole process.

Build on what you have

Many of the tools suggested in this guide may already exist in your organisation in some form. There is no need to reinvent the wheel: build on what is already working, and add new approaches only where there are genuine gaps. The aim is a simple toolkit that strengthens knowledge, skills and behaviours — not another task on an already busy list.