nexium online – That may sound like a strange specialism to have but it does seem to be the reason why people work with me and value me. People often approach me to help them find people, whether that’s specific talent or skill, a whole team, a particular personality or the best combination of people for a collaboration. I’ve spent the last 15 years inadvertently building up a whole array of relationships and diverse connections. This has been done with no intent other than through a wonder and nurturing of people, so my understanding of who people really are, what motivates them and what their strengths are, has been heard through a deep listening, curiosity and empathy.

Where this may be particularly useful is in:

• Creating culture – Indy Johar brought me in to the Hub Westminster as Innovator in Residence because he said I create “ambient value”. I think we’re still trying to figure out what that means in a tangible sense (!) but it’s been in part about bringing new and diverse networks of people to the platform, perceiving possibilities between people, ideas, projects, making connections and then facilitating and hosting informal, collaborative conversation. As well as new partnerships being created, new content is also being created too.
• Finding talent – everyone is looking for that next entrepreneur to invest in, that person that will solve all the cultural and social challenges we face, the scientist whose invention will break through everything. I’m not sure I can find you those people and I’m not even sure I believe that’s the way forward, but what I can do is help advise on what combinations of talent might work, what partnerships can be formed and who has that talent, to help solve the systemic challenges we face.
• Distributing talent – being able to see what is needed where, and connecting the best people in to that.
• Facilitating collaboration – whether that is collaboration between people or between organisations.
• Bringing new energy and perspective in to problem solve or inspire.

nexium onlinethis can be split in to 3 areas:

nexium online methods that help with understanding,usability and meaning. I’ve experience of using people-centered design tools and methods of ethnography to bring new insights to the surface and  in particular the fine grain detail of every day life that large service and system design can carelessly overlook. This brings the human in to systems. Social research is also an invaluable part of this. As a Social Scientist having completed my MSc in Applied Positive Psychology, I mostly use qualitative approaches to research and particularly value Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Action Research, Ethnography and Thematic Analysis. My experience in using social design has been through working with people like , and .

nexium onlineapproaches that allow for fast, collaborative creation of systems and services. Prototyping embodies the practice of learning by doing, starting at a small scale, testing, failing, feedback, iterating until ready for scaling or embedding. I’ve facilitated people to use prototyping as an approach to the design of social innovations and within public service design. My experience in using prototyping and developing the capacity of people to use prototyping as an approach has come through working with Age Unlimited Programme, and .

nexium online focuses attention on connection and causes, mapping out relationships and consequences, understanding the flows of influence within a system, and the wider context, as well as the positioning within the ecosystem and what sits in relation to something else. Thinking at a systems level helps to ask the right questions and is also relevant to evaluation, measurement and learning. I’ve experience of working with people to map out their ecosystems, draw out learning and get to the right questions, to then define theories of change and lines of enquiry for intended impact, measurement and feedback. My experience of systems work come through , , ,  and learning partner for and with

nexium onlineI completed an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology with Distinction in 2008 from UEL. I have brought this in to the evaluative and learning work I’ve done with thinkpublic and LivingWell, measuring well-being, self-efficacy, collective efficacy and flow. It has provided theory (strengths-based approaches) to underpin a lot of the tools and methods I’ve used in the social innovation space, from working with families in crisis through the , to social workers with in South Lanarkshire Council, as well as supporting entrepreneurs in SIcamp and Hub Venture Labs. I have more in-depth knowledge of eudaimonic well-being, positive & negative effect, flow, self-efficacy and collective efficacy as these are the theories I based my thesis around.

nexium online – I did my coaching training in 2005 and although I don’t work very often in defined coaching relationships, coaching techniques do underpin how I approach much of my work, and there is real value in always going into a situation never believing you are the expert, asking powerful questions, listening with a greater depth, being able to be with people even when it feels challenging and difficult, and being endlessly curious and intuitive. I am good at taking the fear out of speaking about difficult things.

nexium online- And if you ever want some designs for your clothes, or your home furnishings, or your events…then I do, on the rare occasion, take private commissions – if the brief is a bit dark, naughty, exciting, beautiful or unusual.