Marika Tammeaid
Introduced by Carey Glass This article is short yet packs much thoughtful punch. It provides two practical tools for use in large scale change.
The first tool is a spin-off from the concept of an SF scale. It represents hierarchical organisations as a ladder to enable thinking about interactions from all perspectives; the broad perspective of leadership to the coalface perspective of staff.
The second is an elegant way of mapping the continuum and need for organisational stability, or change, against the level of environmental uncertainty. It provides a fantastically, manageable way of representing complexity for practical engagement and outcomes.
Paut-Kromkamp & els-de-beurden
Introduced by Géry Derbier Once upon a time in the Netherlands, the Dutch government promulgated a new welfare and social services law… This law begins the fascinating story of a huge paradigm shift at the scale of an organisation caring for a population of 60000+ people.
Dave McKenna is a solution focussed practitioner with 20 years local government experience and a PhD in local politics, based in the UK.
He specialise in public governance; particularly local government scrutiny, partnership working, public participation and digital democracy.
He helps councils and other public bodies with improvement, design and research work.
He is an active member of Notwestminster - a volunteer network of people who want to redesign local democracy.
A youth work practitioner for the past two decades, Joe specialises in working with children and youths in the community. Joe enjoys the challenges and thrills of this work. He started as a caseworker himself, overseeing individuals, families and programmes until today where he heads the Youth Service of REACH Community Services Society (Singapore). With his dedication to coach his team of social workers, counsellors and youth workers, the team reaches out to over 800 youths every month all over Singapore through its holistic services and programmes. His training in social work helps to provide a systems perspective to complex issues and problems. Being trained in the Solution Focused Approach in both therapy and coaching offers a unique way of looking at individuals across a broad spectrum of needs and goals.
Dr Marika Tammeaid is a Solution-Focused Coach, developer and leadership trainer, currently working as the Director of Development at the Finnish, Itla Children’s Foundation. Previously she was responsible for designing and leading the “Route for renewal” public sector leadership training courses at the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
Marika worked for a long time as Development Manager and Special Advisor in the Ministry of Finance and State Treasury as well as the Director of Nordic Council of Ministers Representation in Estonia. She has contributed to several international development and assessment projects.