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Sometimes It’s Good Not to Think

Systems help me get things done AND not to think about it. I don’t need to make decisions each time, they are patterns in my life.

Sometimes we just need help to see differently. This is a key role of leadership and change makers. Perhaps our only role.

Sometimes there is nothing left to say…that is productive or can be heard. More could be said, but perhaps it would be unproductive.

Our challenges are not new. And the future will be different from today. So what do you need to stop doing? What do you need to start?

Many of you will be familiar with the governance stack. We need to figure out how people can be involved in the decision making.

The point of action is to learn and to get us out of our heads. Action is about engaging reality and adjusting plans.

Humanitarians will often talk about shifting the power back to the affected communities. Sometimes uncomfortable questions are still good to ask.

Fertilizer feeds the plants, not the soil. What is the soil in your project? Organisational culture or something else?

There are many ways in which communities are involved in decision making. There isn’t ‘one’ way to do it as each community is different.

What is the problem I face regularly that your vision, idea, dream solves? What are the tangible next steps that need to be and will be taken?

And then someone asks a question that stops us all. “How do we explain consent and data sharing to an elderly person struggling with dementia?”

Data governance can feel complex. One way to think about collective data governance is to think in tiers – governance, technical, legal, and data.