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Make yourself big!
In brief In this new year blog, David Robinson shares the wisdom of Wes. If you’re still looking for a New Year’s resolution, “Make yourself big!” could be just the thing.On mornings such as these, cold and damp, I remember Wes. The coach of my son’s first ‘proper’...
Notes on a journey
In brief David Robinson says that relationship centred practice isn’t new, it isn’t radical, and it has proved its value repeatedly. So why is it still so often at the margins of big organisations and complex systems rather than embedded in the middle, and what are we...
Four signs: Love is the running to strangers
In this short, personal blog, David reflects on the power of kindness, and runningthrough fire.Early one morning "I’m leaving today." "Leaving?" I said, puzzled by the early morning call and pushing back sleep, "Where are you going?" "Leaving," she said slowly,...
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Being more: Confederation of School Trusts’ CEO Summit speech transcript
On the 14th July 2026, David Robinson delivered a speech at the Confederation of School Trusts’ CEO Summit. This is a transcript of the speech.
Present, on task, and still lost: Why ordinary classroom moments matter
Le-Anne Goliath is a doctoral researcher in Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. Her research examines the observable classroom practices...
Learning out loud in relationship-centred practice: Changing our permissions
In brief What dictates our social behaviour, and how do these conditions come about? In this month’s Learning Out Loud blog, we return to the...
Stronger Things 2026: Keynote Address Transcript
In brief David Robinson's keynote address as delivered at the Stronger Things conference on 17th June 2026. Fifty two years ago this week a bunch of...
Stronger Things 2026: Preview
In brief New Local kindly asked David Robinson, Co-Lead of the Relationships Project, to speak at their Stronger Things conference on 17th June....
Learning out loud in relationship-centred practice: Relational offsetting
In brief In this month’s Learning Out Loud blog, we’re reflecting on the latest session of our Relational Funders cohort and exploring the idea of...
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...
Learning out loud in relationship-centred practice: Endings and beginnings
In brief How do we start and end relationships well? In this month’s learning out loud blog, we’re reflecting on the latest session of the...
‘Be more Battenberg’…A love letter from a Gateshead Community Bridgebuilder
In brief "Change doesn’t always arrive through big strategies or funding streams. Sometimes, it starts with a conversation over coffee." In a moving...
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