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What is unique to human relationships?
In brief We were recently joined by Professor Allison Pugh, author of The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World, at our book club. We heard about the importance of connective labour (the work of seeing, and being seen, by another), and...
How staying rooted changed everything I thought I knew about quality
What principles does a busy Jakarta-based CEO return to in order to centre relational approaches? What does it mean to hold the tension and relationship between local wisdom and global standards? What can we learn from the Indonesian value of ‘gotong royong’?
Our shared challenges
In brief Last month, Mairi Lowe shared the ten main patterns of where people get their inspiration for relationship-centred practice. This month, we dive further into the responses of the 170+ people on the Relationships Map to better understand the most common...
Recent posts
Young people bridging divides over Israel-Palestine
Gwen Burnyeat details what a week-long programme of bridgebuilding with twenty 16-19 year olds looks like, hosted by Solutions Not Sides (SNS), a UK peace education charity that teaches young people conflict resolution skills using Israel-Palestine as its case study.
Relational resilience: From noticing to collective capability
Kate Cochrane share insights on how relationships matter, emerged from a workshop hosted in partnership with the Relationships Project and the UK Resilience Academy (UKRA).
A season for change? Three hopes for the Burnham government
As political life resumes in earnest after the Summer break, we explore – in a three-part series – the possibility and pitfalls of relational reform under the new Burnham government.
A season for change? Part one: Devolution – a winding path toward relational reform
We explore the possibilities of devolution: a necessary but insufficient condition for relational reform. This is part one of a three-part series by Rich Bell, exploring the possibility and pitfalls of relational reform under the new Burnham government.
A season for change? Part two: Public service reform – a chance to build a more relational state
We discuss how the government’s emerging public service reform agenda could make a guiding focus on the power of human relationships a core feature of how the modern state works. This is part two of a three-part series by Rich Bell, exploring the possibility and pitfalls of relational reform under the new Burnham government.
A season for change? Part three: Social care – a critical test
We argue that the approach the government takes to overhauling our creaking social care system in the coming year will provide vital insight into whether it will in fact pursue a meaningful project of relational public service reform. This is part three of a three-part series by Rich Bell, exploring the possibility and pitfalls of relational reform under the new Burnham government.
To rewire the state, we need relational policymaking
Koen Bartels argues that the Burnham government will only be able to ‘rewire the state’ if it embraces relational policymaking.
Learning out loud in relationship-centred practice: The impact of evaluation
This month, with our relational funders cohort, we turned our attention to evaluation – with the challenge of examining current practices, the origins of these, and what it means in practice for those they work with, particularly grant holders.
Rewilding healthcare: Islands of care in seas of relationship
In brief Through maritime metaphors and first-hand experience, Sarah Yardley, palliative medicine doctor and qualitative researcher, explores the...
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