Claire Robinson is a social worker (by trade) who now works supporting organisations to create conditions for learning and authentic conversations.Claire has worked in the voluntary and public sector for the last twenty years where she has tra

Toby Lowe #Human-Learning-Systems-[Revisited]

Nov 30th, 2022 1h 3m

Hosted by Mark Smith, this second podcast with Toby revisits the theme of Human Learning Systems to understand the latest developments in the field of designing, commissioning, delivering, managing and improving public services for the real wor

Mark Smith #Bespoke-by-Default-[Revisited]

Oct 27th, 2022 50m 7s

Mark is the Director for Public Service Reform at Gateshead Council in the North East of England (UK). This is Mark's second podcast with Next Stage Radicals, revisiting the theme of bespoke-by-default public services and the ways in which thes

Iain Caldwell #New-visions-of-self

Sep 1st, 2022 53m 34s

Iain Caldwell has developed a career around creating new visions for organisations, practices and people that can enable them to work in more effective, innovative and insightful ways. This work began with himself, creating a better version tha

Joy MacKeith #Social-provision-designed-for-humans

Aug 1st, 2022 43m 14s

Joy MacKeith has a background in the voluntary sector, in service delivery, research and consultancy. Twenty years ago her work on outcome measurement led to the co-creation of the Outcomes Star, now a suite of fifty tailored tools for supporti

Jenny Rose Smith #Receptive-listening-authentic-connection

Jul 14th, 2022 48m 1s

Jenny Rose Smith lives in West Wales and has committed her life to training both herself and other people to listen more deeply.She’s passionate about centering deep listening as a powerful act of service, with its inherent fruit of present mo

David Aula #art-and-harnessing-peak-experience-to-move-us-all

May 1st, 2022 45m 7s

David Aula is the founder of Unfeasible. Unfeasible exists to create space in which people start to see that what they think of as ‘unfeasible’ can be done. Unfeasible combines insights and experience from personal, group and organisational dev

The Collective Impact Agency #Changing-organisations-and-changing-systems

Apr 1st, 2022 47m 30s

Andy Crosbie, Abby Taylor, and Anya Bonner run a community interest company called the Collective Impact Agency. The Collective Impact Agency exists primarily to help people and organisations deepen their impact through collaboration. They work

Anna Whitehead #Curiosity-and-connection

Mar 1st, 2022 40m 27s

This month’s guest is Anna Whitehead. Anna is developing a portfolio career. As a qualified coach, with a Diploma in Executive coaching, she coaches individuals on work-related topics, while keeping a focus on the whole person. She works as an

Sarah Yardley #Relational-reach-and-relational-glue

Jan 1st, 2022 1h 13m

This month’s guest is Dr Sarah Yardley. Sarah is a clinical academic, combining clinical practice as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine with a Honorary clinical senior lecturer position at UCL, where she holds a THIS Institute post-doctoral fe

Steve Chapman #Re-weirdening-the-world

Dec 1st, 2021 1h 14m

This month’s radical is Steve Chapman.Steve is an artist, writer and speaker interested in creativity and the human condition. He works as a consultant and coach with individuals and organisations who are interested in finding creative and cou

Gary Wallace #Whole-systems-for-whole-people

Nov 1st, 2021 1h 7m

This month’s guest is Gary Wallace. Gary works in the Office of the Director for Public Health in the city of Plymouth and is a member of the Plymouth Alliance Leadership Team. His work there, with colleagues from across communities and public

Joeri Torfs #Beyond-institutions-creating-a-world-of-frictionless-person-to-person-engagement

Oct 1st, 2021 1h

This month’s guest radical is Joeri Torfs. Joeri's mission is to create frictionless person-to-person collaboration, unmediated by institutions and underpinned by a novel socio-economic model which enables people to adapt and self-manage in the

Adrian Brown #Rethinking-government-for-a-VUCA-world

Sep 1st, 2021 51m 12s

This month’s guest radical is Adrian Brown. Adrian is Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact (CPI) and has over 15 years' experience working on government performance and transformation in the UK and internationally. He has held a r

Owen Lewis #Sport-Wales-Journey-Into-Complexity-Friendly-Partnerships-Funding-And-Accountability

Jul 23rd, 2021 55m 55s

This month’s radical is Owen Lewis, Assistant Director of Sports Systems, Strategy and Services at Sport Wales. Owen has been at the centre of work to reshape the role Sport Wales plays to become better adapted to complexity. This has led to so

Toby Lowe #Human-Learning-Systems-A-New-Paradigm-For-Public-Service

Jul 1st, 2021 1h 11m

Research has shown time and again that public service isn’t designed or managed for the real world. Toby Lowe believes there is a better way and it's called Human Learning Systems. Public service can support human freedom and flourishing by res

Jose Leal #Discovering-Your-Radical-Purpose

May 23rd, 2021 1h 13m

This month's radical is Jose Leal. Jose started his first business at age 16. In his 20s, he co-founded Canada's first automotive media portal. After ten years with the media company that acquired it, he quit as VP. Corporate life had taught hi

Kathy Evans #Funding-Interdependence

Apr 30th, 2021 1h 18m

This month's radical is Kathy Evans, Chief Executive at Children England, the membership body for children's charities. We explore Kathy's vision of a world where interdependence and collaboration are recognised as the cornerstone of public ser

Laura Seebohm #Changing-Lives-Through-Trauma-Informed-Practices

Apr 1st, 2021 1h 7m

Laura Seebohm is Executive Director for External Affairs at Changing Lives, a nationwide charity helping people facing challenging times to make positive change - for good. She has over 20 years’ experience in the statutory and voluntary sector

J. Kim Wright #Lawyers-As-Peacemakers-And-Changemakers

Feb 28th, 2021 59m 25s

This month’s radical is J. Kim Wright. Kim is a legal systems entrepreneur - transforming the systems, ideas, approaches, and habits that have underpinned the legal system since… well, forever. Although based in the US, Kim’s work connects cutt

Paul Jocelyn #Insurgency-tactics-for-L&D

Feb 1st, 2021 55m 8s

For 28 years Paul Jocelyn's career was at Tesco. Working in a variety of roles he was part of an ambitious business, relentlessly pursuing change at its growing edge; a shift to online and digital, going international, diversifying into new ret

Andy Brogan & Anna Smart #What-Is-The-Role-Of-Moral-Outrage-In-System-Change?

Jan 2nd, 2021 48m 30s

Andy Brogan is founder and convenor of Next Stage Radicals, co-founder of Easier Inc and the Human Learning Systems Collaborative and a member of Society 2045 (a social action group). Based in Herefordshire (UK) Andy's work is all about creatin

John Lodge & Hesham Abdalla #Escaping-Role-Shaped-Boxes-To-Make-Skills-Count

Dec 1st, 2020 1h

John and Hesham are NHS Quality Improvement leads who have worked together to create the platform ‘Hexitime.com’, the UK’s first national skill exchange and time-bank for improving health and social care. In their day jobs, John is the Head of

Alex Papworth #How-Nature-Can-Help-Us-Organise-Together-In-Harmony

Nov 1st, 2020 53m 28s

As a one-time business analyst in one of the world's largest institutions (Lloyds Banking Group), Alex Papworth knows how big business works. He's seen it from the inside. He's also seen where it doesn't always work so well; for the people in i

Jackie Le Fèvre #Flexibility-With-No-Loss-Of-Authenticity

Oct 1st, 2020 44m 12s

Jackie Le Fèvre lives in South Cheshire and is mum to 2 daughters, who she says teach her more everyday than she could hope to help them learn in a lifetime. Jackie works with values; in particular, exploring how understanding values can provid