Resources

Action Learning

 

• Questions to complement the Learning Cycle
• Bob Dick's e-guide on Action Learning for leadership development and cultural change. See also the Action Research and Action Learning (ARAL) website for more great resources from a leader in the AL and AR practices.
• Deb Atkins' paper on Transformational Learning
• Introducing the Learning Log. Keeping a Journal.
• Chris Argyris resource pack
• Wenger-Trainer interviews on Social Learning and Communities of Practice

Behaviour Change

 

• An overview of Behaviour Change models and their uses GSR Reference Report
• GSR Behaviour Change Practical Guide
• Theories of Behaviour Change CommGAP, World Bank

Change

 

What happens when the world you live in changes? How do we learn in order to adapt? It is not sufficient to know; we also have to understand.
An interesting exploration into what happens when riding a bicycle: Video
Jason Clarke explaining the Change Challenge in bringing innovation to sheep producers

Community Development

 

• Walk Out, Walk On Short video with Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze
• Community Capacity Building  
• A great series of talks to introduce concepts around harnessing the strengths in communities to support community leadership

Funding

• Community Grants: A Quick Guide to Key Internet Links A Federal Government website
• Tackling Tough Times Together for drought affected areas in Queensland and NSW - Closes 3 October 2014
• FRRR - Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal - Grants Calendar

Documents, reports, toolkits

• "Growing the Capital of Rural Australia - The Task of Capacity Building". A report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2004.
• "Community Capacity Building Toolkit for Rural and Regional Communities". Department of Communities, Queensland.
• Community Door - resources for not-for-profits
• Development, Impact and You DIY Toolkit has instructions for many development activities to do with groups and communities

Communication

 

• ​Tell Me a Story: How to tell a story to inspire and be memorable
• Will Phelps: Respectful Inquiry
• ​Why and How to Use "I" Statements. Another excellent video on using I Statements.
• David Bohm was a ground-breaking physicist with an interest in dialogue for improving knowledge. His website has many  resources.
• Conversation Café - a process for bringing people together in conversations to change the world. Good free resources.
• Aristotles Rhetorical Proofs
• A story on Kurt Vonnegut Jr's advice on writing

Community of Practice

 

• Authors of Cultivating Communities of Practice, Wenger-Trayner have good online resources 

Confidence

  

• ML Workbook for developing Self Confidence 
• Martin Seligman's Three Blessings exercise - for growing happiness and confidence

Conflict Management & Peace Development

 

• Relax and listen to this guided visualisation from Caotica to help you resolve conflict
• Using Open Questions to help increase understanding, self reflection and creativity to resolve conflict. See 'Communication' resources for videos on using I Statements to be Assertive, not aggessive or passive.
• The 2018 Positive Peace Report outlines a new approach to societal development through the application of Positive Peace and systems thinking.. Positive Peace is defined as the attitudes, institutions and structures that create and sustain peaceful societies. 
• Moving from Blame to Accountability
• Breaking the Drama Triangle 
• Global Peace Index
• ​Responding to Islamophobia
  

Decision making

 

• Roger L. Martin: "Creating Great Choices: A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking" - Talk at Google 55min.

Design, Strategise, Plan

 

• Using visuals to help group make decisions around thorny problems - Tom Wujek
• Chaordic Design acknowledges complexity and the need for adaptive learning and action. Find the useful manual here.
• "How Strategy Really Works" Roger Martin talk at the ArtCenter College of Design.

Ecologically Sustainable Development

 

• Living Planet Report 2012 World Wildlife Fund ​http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/1_lpr_2012_online_full_size_single_pages_final_120516.pdf 
• Lectures from Dana (Donella) Meadows at ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg
  
• GRDC resources and apps 

Educational principles

 

• From Knowledge to Knowledge-able by Michael Wesch

Emotional Intelligence

  

• ​Creating an Emotion Revolution ​Prof Marc Brackett on emotional intelligence (audio lecture)
• Authentic Happiness range of free-to-use indicators for emotional health and happiness
• ​The "Three Blessings" exercise, with introductory notes
• Martin Seligman TED talk on positive psychology. Video lectures from Positive Psychology scholars.
• Take the Other to Lunch: Elizabeth Lesser. Developing openness, understanding and appreciation of difference.
• Exploring emotions: Shame - Dr Joseph Burgo; Optimism - Dr Martin Seligman; Happiness - Seligman;  Craving and Addiction - Dr Judson Brewer. 

Facilitation

 

• ​Schwarz's Groundrules for team development by Roger Schwarz. Another version.

First Nation - Indigenous Australians

 

• Information and videos on Indigenous First Nation peoples of Australia - Common Ground
• First Nations Bed Time Stories

Improvement

 

• ​Sustainable Improvement and Innovation Toolkit for both accelerating improvement and innovation and sustaining gains over the long term.

Innovation

 

• ​TED talk by Mariana Mazzucato - challenging the belief that government is slow at innovating - government is THE innovation machine!
• Creativity and the Mind - Prof David Eagleman interview. Argues why creativity critical skill for surviving the digital revolution.

Leadership

 

• The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership from Kouzes and Posner. Why credibility is the Foundation of Leadership; Fundamentals - Posner talks.
• Heifetz & Linsky conversation on Adaptive Leadership, the Adaptive Leadership Book party, and Leadership, Adaptability and Thriving and a nice short explanation (4 mins). Technical vs Adaptive challenges, also...
• "The Psychology of Authoritarian Populism" Yudkin, from More in Common
• Leadership Styles: Autocratic - the dangers of declaring political emergencies
• Video from Margaret Wheatley: Leadership and the New Science
• Videos from Margaret Wheatley on Creating Healthy Community Change - a set of 12 great principles.
• What is the Essence of Leadership: Joseph Grenny talks about Influence
• Victorian Landcare Gateway has great resources including this on leadership
• The paradox of post-heroic leadership article by Joyce Fletcher
• Leaders of Character: The West Point Way. Only accessible if you have University of Queensland library access.

Marketing

 

Tom O'Toole created a multi-million dollar bakery in a town that was dying. Numerous resources to learn from his story exist. Try here for a start. A very early video Making Dough with Tom O'Toole​ was inspirational. 

Negotiation

 

• ​ The Walk from No to Yes - William Ury TED talk about Negotiation

Personal Mastery

  

• First develop strengths, then correct weaknesses: Lea Waters, author ​The Strength Switch. ​(Audio talk)​
• The Skill of Self Confidence by Dr Ivan Joseph
• Managing test anxiety - for students, including a 10-minute exercise
• Put off Procrastinating from the Centre for Clinical Interventions, WA Health - includes training modules and workbooks
• People who procrastinate often are more creative. Listen to Adam Grant's talk Original Thinkers - What they have in common. ​​Also: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator ​TED Talk.
• Also, watch Frank Partnoy, author of Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination give a talk at the RSA.
• Improve your Assertiveness - Centre for Clinical Interventions, WA Health - includes training modules and workbooks
• Other resources from the Centre for Clinical Interventions, WA Health
• Flow, the secret to happiness a TED talk by Mihaiy Csikszenthalyi
• The Importance of Character podcast from David Brooks, The Road to Character. 
• Institute for Positive Education. Martin Seligman on Life Matters  Part I and Part II.
• Developing your Character Strengths, includes online survey
• Mindfulness in the classroom

Personality - MBTI

 

• This sample report from CPP Australia demonstrates how an MBTI assessment can enhance self-knowledge and identify opportunities to be more effective in interactions with others
• ​In her TED Talk, Susan Cain argues that while Introverts may be less outgoing than Extraverts, their leadership offers a vital contribution.
• A short animation: Change the Way You Look at Introverts. 
• A short summary of the functions in MBTI
• An easy-to-complete, free, online questionaire to find your preferred Myers Briggs Type. Gives a good summary report on completion.

Power

 

• Martin Luther King's speech: "Where do we go from here?" explores the relationship between Power and Love. 
• Bertram Raven The Bases of Power and the Power/Interaction and the Model of Interpersonal Influence

Questioning

 

• Using Open Questions to improve learning and communication
• Fran Peavey has used the art of asking the right question for a given situation to great effect across a wide range of issues. Read more of her inspiring work on Strategic Questioning here. I have provided a summary of types of questions.
• Co-active Coaching resources
• Appreciative Inquiry Commons resources
  

Sustainable Improvement and Innovation

 

• W. Edwards Deming rare interview
• Russell Ackoff reflects on the teaching of W. Edwards Deming.

Systems

  

• Russell Ackoff describes and defines what a system is. Also this on why some people aren't natural Systems Thinkers.
• Summary of Systems Thinking and Leadership
• Little Film on Thinking and Systems Thinking
• Two Loops approach to Systems Deborah Frieze
• ​Old but great video about Chaos Theory: Order in Chaos: Chaos Theory Explained
• ​Mandelbrot - The Secret Life of Chaos;  PBS documentary on Chaos Theory
• Complex Adaptive Systems = A fantastic TED talk by Igor Nikolic
• Using Emergence to take Social Innovation to Scale Wheatley and Frieze
• Murmuration of Starlings as example of Complex Adaptive System
• Chaos Theory BBC
• Fractals
• Living with Complexity lecture Don Norman

Teamwork

 

• Richard Hackman TED talk on Managing Teams
• Belbin Team Roles description on YouTube
• Why 'face-to-face' matters - Simon Sinek
• The New Science of Building Great Teams - Pentland

Tech Tools

 

• Trello
• Slack
• Toggl

Time Leadership

 

• Time Management in the Digital Age Gresham College lecture
• Understand how you use your time - Are you too busy?
• Avoiding meeting missteps

Transformational Leadership

 

 

Values

  

• Minessence blog offers useful discussions and links about using Values in life and work
• ​Values and World Views - Hirsch

Visioning

 

• If things are looking a bit sorry, keep your eyes on the prize, not on the problem. It's always good to listen to Frank and Eddie sing about High Hopes or Doris sings it more clearly!

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