Calls to ban social media in UK schools are growing louder. Concerns about bullying, distraction, mental health, and exposure to harmful content are real and serious. But banning something so embedded in young people’s lives risks offering a simple answer to a complex problem. It may create the appearance of action, without addressing the deeper … Continue reading To Ban or Not To Ban, that is the question….
Why the term “Upstander” Can get in the way of culture change.
Today is ‘National Bystander Day’. I learned this through a post by Nottinghamshire police who were discussing their ‘Upstander training’ for police officers. In the post they appeared to suggest that the bystander effect was the main reason people don’t speak up. Two things created some conflict with me and have led to me writing … Continue reading Why the term “Upstander” Can get in the way of culture change.
The ‘Tipping Point’ is you: How small acts of active bystandership change everything.
In 2000, Malcolm Gladwell introduced the world to a deceptively simple idea ‘The Tipping Point’, that small things can make a big difference. Cultures don’t usually collapse in dramatic explosions or rebuild in grand gestures. They shift in increments, in stages. They move when ordinary people do slightly different things in ordinary moments. Active bystandership … Continue reading The ‘Tipping Point’ is you: How small acts of active bystandership change everything.
The Bigger Picture
Is behaviour the problem or the symptom? In this piece I urge senior leaders and indeed society to stop seeing the bad behaviour as the problem. Service level observations simply lead to service level responses. A deeper and more meaningful dive is needed into the culture and ask (1) Why, despite the many reports into … Continue reading The Bigger Picture
How active bystandership can support a multi-agency partnership.
Active bystandership is like the immune system of a workplace, team or partnership: when people step in early and constructively, they prevent small problems from becoming a major crisis. The benefits ripple outward in ways that touch everyone, not just the direct “targets” of intervention. Many child/adult safeguarding failures are due to poor communication or … Continue reading How active bystandership can support a multi-agency partnership.
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