Tell Me What You Want, What You Really Really Want
Tell me what you want, what you really, really want?
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Latest news, blog posts and articles written by Oasis co-directors and associates. Topics include peer working, collaboration, leadership, organisational development, resilience and wellbeing.
Embracing Uncertainty
How many times have we heard: “… and then something else happened.” No matter how much we plan, when it comes to implementation of plans, something else often happens.
The Gift That Keeps On Giving… Working With The Seven Stage Model
From navigating a family Christmas to creating a successful business, to working out your next steps in life, The Seven Stage Model provides a flexible, dynamic framework for creating change and getting things done in our workplaces, our families and even in our own lives?
All I Want For Christmas
What are you wishing for this Christmas? What new resolutions will you be making in the New Year?
Dealing With Technology
That technology changes the way we live is not surprising. How much it is ingrained in our behaviour, though, is frightening.
Why The Paris Climate Deal Is Bad For The World
The ink was hardly dry on the Paris Climate agreement when pundits started to proffer their views. Most of the mainstream media were effusive: this was a great deal and a surprise victory for the climate. Some of the more hardened environmentalists were less positive (more on that later).
What To Do When Things Don’t Go Right?
Life is always beautiful and successful people never make mistakes, right?! Of course not! In fact, mistakes are made more often than we would like to recognise.
Don’t Ask More From People Than They Can Give
Having studied in a Catholic school, from a very early age I was told to follow the Golden Rule: “You should treat others as you would like others to treat yourself.” I always had a slight problem with this rule, what about if others don’t like the way I treat myself? If you are a masochist and like to be beaten up, should you be beating other people up? Certainly not!
Shift Happens
What does change really take? If it were all as easy as some make out - the 'x' steps approach - how come there are so many examples of individuals, organisations, and governments practising the same mistakes again and again?