In this Joining The Dots blog (written back in the days when parliaments sat and terms were predictable, which is …
Joining the Dots: Time for ‘relationship-centred government’? How about it Mr Johnson?
In this Joining the Dots blog, David Robinson, who leads the Relationships Project, challenges the UK’s new Prime Minister to …
Joining the Dots: Practicing Kindness
In this Joining the Dots blog contribution, Ben Thurman reflects on the tensions between kindness and risk, relationships and professionalism, …
Joining the Dots: We can do this, we’re doing it now
In this Joining the Dots blog, Shift board member and community worker David Robinson shows what a relational approach looks …
Case Study: Supermarkets
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: START
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Amplify NI
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: COOK
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: The Frome Model of Enhanced Primary Care
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Big Lunch & Great Get Together
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: GoodGym
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Migrateful
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Grow Well Cardiff
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Timpson
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Appliances Online
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Feedback on Relationship-Centred Design Considerations: Round 1
Last month, we (the Relationships Project team) shared a first attempt at a set of relationship-centred design considerations with our …
Extending the Circle
Amongst the responses to the previous blog from the Relationships Project (Talking a little, learning a lot), which discussed ‘circles of …
Building the Ecosystem: an alternative to building the next new thing
Roles, collective assets and putting people at the heart of ecosystems. Blog from CEO Nick Stanhope.
8 tips for someone new to innovation design
Bethan is a Project Coordinator who joined Shift this year. She has a background in the youth sector (previously working …
Changing Places Pilot Summary
Using design to solve the problems of rural isolation and loneliness amongst the elderly
Lead Researcher Immy Robinson features in radio series The Fix, in which “12 of the country’s brightest young minds gather to solve difficult social problems” – this episode: rural isolation and loneliness amongst the elderly.
Ten things we’ve learned from designing and piloting a national campaign for young people with NCS
Over the past six months, we’ve been designing a new “mass action campaign” in partnership with the National Citizen Service. …
Shift’s first ever Annual Awards
Here at Shift we have developed a clear idea of how we want to act as an organisation, which we …
Designing for social isolation with BBC Radio Four’s ‘The Fix’
At the end of last week I headed west to the picturesque town of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, to record the first …
Scale with Care: 6 Ways Early Stage Social Innovation Gets Killed Off
Assumptions, failure, targets and flexibility in scaling social innovation projects. Blog from CEO Nick Stanhope.
The You and Me Principle
Sign up to stay in touch Loading… Add to the conversation #youandmeprinciple Get in touch D.Robinson3@LSE.ac.uk @davrob5 Page Menu Introduction …
Designing toolkits to help leaders run effective, engaging and consistent Guided Reflection with NCS
Over the course of 2017, we worked closely with the National Citizen Service to improve the consistency and effectiveness of …
Beauty of Care: Part nine of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the ninth in a series of blogs.
Humbug or Hallelujah? Part six of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the sixth in a series of blogs.
Joining the Dots: Part five of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the fifth in a series of blogs.
Land of our children: Part four of Connecting well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the fourth in a series of blogs.
Doing what anyone would do: Part three of Connecting well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the third in a series of blogs.
Human beings being human: Part two of Connecting well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the second in a series of blogs.
Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the first in a series of blogs.
Applying Shift’s design approach to The National Citizen Service
The National Citizen Service (NCS) runs a 2-4 week programme for 15 – 17 year olds during their school holidays, …
Unconditional Leadership
David Robinson eloquently and honestly distils 35 years experience of starting and building inspiring local, national and international charities and social enterprises, drawing out lessons on unleashing people’s potential that have application across business and government.
The end of volunteering
People supporting their communities and making meaningful contributions to society without being paid is something that we all want loads …
The response to ‘Kony 2012’ has been amazing, but it’s not an example to follow
When the Kony 2012 video first popped up on my Facebook wall and I started to watch it, I only got …
Occupying spaces
Last week Occupy London was forced to vacate St Paul’s Churchyard after their five month occupation…
‘Tis the season for serious guilt
It’s this time of year that our TVs are overrun with unmissable deals on three piece suites and all inclusive …
The Paralympics: positive or negative incidental effects on inclusion?
Sally Richards is the mother of Jackson West, a young, Canberra-based entrepreneur with a disability, and I was lucky enough …
The Incidental Effect
Hello. This first one is going to be very short, because what it refers to is quite long and I …