Strategy review 2018-2022
Our 2018-22 strategy was framed by a question: ‘what does it take to improve a place?’ Read CEO John Hitchin’s review of the objectives we set ourselves for that period.
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Power, accountability, and leadership in place-based change
Three guest speakers joined us at the last place-based community of practice to discuss their experiences of participatory decision-making in Swansea and Barking & Dagenham.
Read moreLevelling Up is entangled in old metaphors
Renaisi’s CEO John Hitchin urges the government to get out of London and use new ways to think about Levelling Up. There have been a great many blogs and tweet threads about the Levelling Up White Paper (pdf), and despite the obvious relevance to our work, I have resisted adding too much to that pile.
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When learning means bringing everyone (back) to the table
Research Consultant Kathleen Bailey shares their reflections on the power of human interaction following a rare in-person learning workshop with the Spirit of 2012 staff team.
Read moreWhat role is the right role for the job?
This mentoring month John Hitchin CEO reflects on some historic research and the continuing questions of how we as consultants / coaches / advisors / facilitators show up for others. Quite a few years ago I ran a qualitative research study for a large youth charity that was using multiple types of one-to-one support to
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