There are a lot of posts out there about leadership at the moment, and I have contributed to the never ending glut of posts. Twice…. and this is the third. Leadership is what we’re supposed to aim for.

Dyfrig Williams in Doing better things

Aug 30, 2017

Complexity: Can we change how we learn?

On my way to work last week I listened to NPR’s TED Radio Hour on Rethinking School. Sal Khan’s discussion on the Khan Academy was fascinating. He’s “flipped the classroom” so that students can watch the lectures at home on YouTube and they can undertake the…

Dyfrig Williams in Doing better things

Jun 20, 2018

My aims for the year — how am I doing?

At the start of the year I published my aims for 2018. I thought that by voicing my intentions I’d hold myself accountable, and to a degree that’s been the case. There is something about giving my ideas some fresh air, and checking whether my aims were as good…

What does management in complexity look like?

Moving away from heroic leadership to understand the power of working *with* people.

What does autonomy support look like?

We need to help people to work out what the best thing to do is, as opposed to forcing them to comply or defy.

How to apply a growth mindset

How to design a listening organisation

Is there anything more important than listening in order to…

Why we need to change how we hold people to account

Being vulnerable enough to admit that you don’t know something is a fantastic show of strength.

When is it useful to do things by the book?

Humans over hardware; people over process

My Annual Review

An open overview of how I and the team have been doing

A different model of public service leadership

Complexity: Can we change how we learn?

My aims for the year — how am I doing?

Moving away from heroic leadership to understand the power of working with people.