Highlights of lessons learnt were:
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Fresh eyes: You can’t drive if you are looking in the rearview mirror
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Big reflective learning: … if our minds think in channels made by habit – climb out
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Get Fresh: Get a fresh perspective by sitting somewhere else, talk to people in different settings with different perspectives etc
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Think big: be brave
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‘Riskometer’ – if your ambition for change doesn’t register on the riskometer – was it adventurous enough?
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Spread the risk: Have a portfolio approach to innovative change as some will succeed, some won’t
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Engage with others: Change is more likely to succeed if the commitment involves other people and there is a joint commitment
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Time: Build in thinking time as part of group work
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There is a place for breakthrough thinking but not all of the time!
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Challenge the ‘mood hoovers’: who dampen down innovative thinking time
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Talk It Out: fast talking uninterrupted for 2 or 7 minutes on a challenged area to see if the answer is buried in the subconscious - work with people you trust on this
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What is the question?: - four types of question you can ask when overcoming a challenge (we usually only consider the first two)
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The context – why now/ what is happening in other areas?
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Constraint questions: what is the scope, what outputs will be needed?
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What is the vision of success? – what does success look like for staff, for patients, for QIPP?
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‘politics’ with a small p….what are the human dynamics – Bono’s question of who is ‘Elvis’ around here?, who are the key stakeholders that need to be engaged, consulted and brought along
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Work in a small team (of three to ) four to design the principles of the answer to the challenge that fits with the ambition.
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Work out the principles and then draw a visual of what the answer looks like
…parting Presley thoughts
‘You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore’
‘Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine’
