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As the founder and CEO of the Core Solutions Group, I spend a great deal of time thinking and speaking about mediation, negotiation, conflict management, leadership and communication. I am told I should write some of these thoughts down… so, here goes…
I have written many times in this column about the benefits of mediation. I have been aware of the dangers of overkill, special pleading (“he would say that wouldn’t he”) or being a prophet without …
There is pressure for an inquiry into the response to the Covid pandemic in Scotland. If it proceeds, there are questions to be addressed about its scope and format. First, what would be its purpose? There …
Every now and again something happens to cause me to pause and think – or re-think. Recently, I had that experience at a small ruined castle in the heart of Scotland, near a lovely country …
Recently I was privileged to give a keynote address to a conference of medical leaders and managers. My title was “Love over Fear in Health Care”. The full text can be found on the Core …
Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management “Humanising Healthcare” Leadership Forum, Tuesday 18 May 2021 Better Conversations, Better Outcomes: Love over Fear in Health Care, John Sturrock Firstly, may I say what a privilege it is to address this event. I …
Concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is at record levels, higher than for three million years. According to the former Governor of the Bank of England, and now UN special envoy on climate action and …
They say we live in a VUCA world: volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. How true that seems. One tragedy of the Salmond hearings was how little scope there seemed to be for recognition of nuance, …
“It’s hard to beat Dark Side of the Moon” he said. “What a piece of music.” I agreed: “Did you ever see Pink Floyd play Dark Side live? I recall being at Earls Court in 1994.” …
I am sure that some readers watching or reading about the breakdown in relations between our present and former First Ministers will have asked themselves: why don’t they try mediation? This is not as extreme a …
“Fear cannot be the driver.” These words from my 2019 report to the Cabinet Secretary for Health into allegations of bullying in NHS Highland have been quoted on a number of occasions. I sense that they …
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