I don’t always post the work I do because a number of #companies prefer me not to. And I honour their wishes. A lot of my thought pieces are derived from such work. However, I keep on forgetting to post the work I can report on, and that’s largely because I’m shy about taking pictures (believe it or not!). But yesterday I remembered.
(A lot of my work is delivered #online. Maybe seeing people in the flesh sparked and energised my confidence and memory to record a brief moment.) Well, it’s a fairly incoherent clip as you can see and will have to do!
I met with the Old Kent Road Family Zone Community Board in South London, a group of immense talent and #leadership, of which the video clip picked up only three #leaders (Nicola Noble, Matt Morden and Tiffany Barone) My bad!
I presented a very bespoke session, as I do, on ‘Inclusive Governance: The Four Cornerstones’. Essentially, I presented for discussion and action the four cornerstones of Engagement, Enablement, Empowerment and Excellence. This was because the Community Board are seeking to better be #engaged, #enabled and #empowered for #excellence in their work with the #community. We didn’t pluck this out of the air. We jointly identified this need.
During the session, we discovered that a lack of the four cornerstones results in a lack of #commitment, #connectedness, #ownership, #inclusion and #belonging. And this lack is costly.
So, we explored how the values of #diversity, #equity, #inclusion and #belonging (#DEIB) may not only plug the gap but inspire and leverage an enhanced purpose for the Board vis-à-vis their impact on their community. Yes, #DEIB articulated and implemented as values ensure not only the (pragmatic) teaching of DEIB but the embedding of them in the culture, system and operations of the organisation. This inevitably creates continuity with the community for impact.
For me, it was amazing to see change happening before my very eyes, especially the aspiration for excellence. Long may that continue.
We have another session to go in a few weeks’ time. I’ll tell you more then.
Is there anything particular that you think I should include in that session?