by David Robinson, Immy Robinson and Rosa Friend | 19 Feb 2025 | Our thinking
In brief We posted a blog about relational offsetting a couple of weeks ago. In discussing our own ideas, and in looking at what others have said and written, we noticed differences in how we understand the key words. We thought it would be useful to set out our...
by David Robinson, Immy Robinson and Rosa Friend | 29 Jan 2025 | Economy & Politics, Key Concepts, Our thinking, Top Picks
In brief This month, the UK government announced a huge public rollout of AI. If the plans embrace relational offsetting, it could allow us to prioritise human relationships where they really matter. Our hope is that 2025 will be the year when relational offsetting...
by David Robinson | 2 Dec 2024 | Economy & Politics, Our thinking
David Robinson reflects on a day at the hospital. As Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting consults on the future of the NHS, David makes the case for “critical synergy”. “We want the awesome science”, he says. “We also want good relationships – warmth...
by David Robinson | 27 Nov 2024 | Our thinking, Our work, Top Picks
How can we most usefully respond to the increasing demand for knowledge about relationship-centred practice, and for support in turning that knowledge into action on the ground? This is the question that we have been actively exploring since we put forward the idea of...
by David Robinson and Rosa Friend | 20 Nov 2024 | Convenings, Our thinking
In brief This week, twenty of us gathered on Zoom to discuss the language we use when talking about relationships. The conversation was inspired by the publication of a glossary of relational phrases and, while we discussed definitions on the call, the conversation...
by David Robinson | 7 Nov 2024 | Economy & Politics, Our thinking, Top Picks
On the morning after the night before, David Robinson offers a Relationships Project perspective on the US presidential election. A friend messaged me on the morning after the US election: “So what are you going to do now?” He has always been sufficiently interested...
