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The true value of facilitation is in contributing to high-priority, big impact work that enables the organisation to operate beyond business as usual.
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Appreciating the value and impact of facilitation

Great facilitation goes way beyond workshops - its true value is in contributing to high-priority, big impact work that enables organisations to operate beyond business as usual.

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May 21, 2026
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fatigue had stifled potentially great ideas
Facilitation
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May 21, 2026

Why multiple shorter sessions often beat the one-day workshop

I'm a big fan of in-person, one-day workshops. But sometimes, shorter virtual sessions can create a better outcome...

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On-time in-full (OTIF) is a supply chain metric that refers to a supplier’s ability to deliver a product when it’s been promised and at full quantities ordered.
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

Big ideas and team branding

To get the best success as a team, it’s not just about how you work together but about how you also work with those outside your team to achieve shared success.

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A key part of running a meeting or workshop is being attentive and listening.
Facilitation
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May 21, 2026

The power of noticing, reflecting, and acting

A reflection on how I handled a potentially tricky hybrid workshop

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facilitation
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The true value of facilitation is in contributing to high-priority, big impact work that enables the organisation to operate beyond business as usual.
Facilitation
3
MIN READ
May 21, 2026

Appreciating the value and impact of facilitation

Great facilitation goes way beyond workshops - its true value is in contributing to high-priority, big impact work that enables organisations to operate beyond business as usual.

Read more →
facilitation
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tasks are important for our sense of achievement
Teamwork
4
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May 21, 2026

The Art of Task Management: Tools and Tips

We explore how effective task management enhances productivity and psychological well-being, with practical strategies for defining, managing, and completing tasks, supported by insights from psychological research and modern task management tools.

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teamwork
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Company culture is the lifeblood that keeps an organisation humming along
Culture
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May 21, 2026

The Culture Deck: A Blueprint for Capturing Company DNA

Let's dive into the core elements that make a culture deck truly impactful, from defining values to strategies that bring them to life.

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How much do you know about your company’s strategy?
Strategy
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May 21, 2026

A strategic thinking story

A personal story about strategic thinking from James Allen, Creative Huddle’s founder

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the role of nursing is more and more about excellent team working
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

Why better teamwork saves lives

An innovative new team-building project aims to expose trainee nurses to only the best bits of working in small groups – and Creative Huddle is playing its own small part in this, as Peter Crush explains:

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the success of teams going forward will have a lot to do with the extent to which they ‘buy into’ the views of the new group
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

Teams of Teams

More and more, companies will are built around networks of teams that may be formed and disbanded quickly as projects are established and prioritised.

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building a great team is a bit like practicing alchemy
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

My best team: Andrew Rivers, 345 Technology

The co-founder of 345 Technology explains how you can’t command that people to do things; they have to choose to do things through shared vision and inspiration.

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there’s no such thing as a perfect team
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

Our Team Health Check… Explained

Our Team Health Check gauges team effectiveness across ten pillars crucial to team success. We’re often asked what it involves and how it works, so we got MD James Allen to give us the low down.

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no egos; no finger-pointing, and none of this ‘I know better than anyone else’ mentality
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

My best team: Helle Asquith, Harper James

As head of marketing for legal firm Harper James, Helle feels like she's working with best team she's ever had. The reason: they all understand their collective purpose.

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having a great atmosphere behind the camera would really show up on-camera
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

My best team: Fiona Scott, Flog It!

It’s beloved by armchair antiques experts and pulls in afternoon TV audience figures of 2-3 million. It’s BBC2 favourite ‘Flog it!’ – and the best team TV director Fiona Scott says she’s ever worked on.

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If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up; if you give a mediocre idea to a great team, they will either fix it or throw it away and come up with something that works.
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

The science of teamwork

What makes good teams is now being elevated into a science, as firms value predictability over pot luck, finds Peter Crush

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work is all about putting together a team of people with differing strengths and weaknesses to create abetter whole.
Teamwork
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May 21, 2026

Why modern-day work is all about teamwork

Work is increasingly morphing into being a ‘teams-based’ activity now – as Peter Crush finds out.

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How do we make sense of the deluge?
Strategy
12
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May 21, 2026

Five tips for making better decisions

The road to better outcomes starts with understanding some of the problems we have with decision making.

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strategy
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Innovation either flourishes or fails because of them.
Innovation
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May 21, 2026

How to develop innovation skills in your leadership team

They have the power to create innovative organisations, but most senior leaders struggle to develop innovation skills. And this is a real problem for business.

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Successful companies know where they are going, why and how they are going to get there.
Culture
3
MIN READ
May 21, 2026

How company core values can help align your people to your goals

Clear corporate values underpin everything you do as an organisation. They say why you exist and how you want to do business.

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