Louise Patmore

I'm challenging myself to 31 minutes of exercise in May to raise money Help Caroline Waller raise money to support Stroke Association

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Going to be carnage

Happy International Women’s Day!

The conversations we have with people about trying to live a decent life with a chronic condition, can seem at odds with a benefits system that essentially requires people to be ill & not working, or well & in work. For so many people it's just not as simple as that, & the system is too inflexible.

Time out!! Continuing things in your doorstep. West Wittering gets a thumbs up maybe not summer but this is very peaceful

Not quite doing social media much at the moment sorry for being silent. Lots of reading and work on current kinds of metrics for systems. With another year to effort learning and development.

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Since the 1st Jan 140 ppl have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer they probably had some vague symptoms like indigestion - weight loss changes in bowel habit - back pain - lethargy there will have GP visits but 45% of ppl will be diagnosed at A and E #sethslegacy pls share

This is a must watch for systems thinkers everywhere. Merry Christmas 🌲🎅🎄🌲🌲🎅

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Absolutely and a lot of work has been undone in moving towards effectiveness and we are going round the hampstet wheel again until change agents get the support they Need to manifest appropriate changes. Saying what we need is one thing manifesting safety & permissions is quite another in some areas

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An obsession with measurement I recently wrote a measurement guide and a hugely important (and definitely too short) section within is titled ‘Beware the allure of measurement’. Unfortunately, our working worlds seem to be obse…

An obsession with measurement

No, I've got an Ashbury 12 string and Yamaha 6 mostly on that one tbh but I do like the 12 string tone

One of my favorites, my most pleasing drunk purchase

Yeah, there are some not on the list because you can't really match the tone. Streets of London being one

Dreams are good

Kind of interesting. This year I've been mostly practising guitar against these apart from metallica been mostly on the radio...

It was on a feed some time ago

Difference has to be ok. Tolerating and working with difference also has to be ok.

There is so much underpinning current paradigms that needs to be understood in order to adjust foundational trust and stability before sustainable changes can form. Systems change is not about low hanging fruit. Is building very small blocks, lots of listening to understand and trust building

As leaders, we cannot be silos. Our role is to enable the collaboration/connections that mean our teams can play to their specialist strengths but operate as part of a bigger collective whole. @jillgeisler.bsky.social suggests 8 actions for leaders: hfma.org/leadership/l.... Graphic: Julie Woodard
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There are so many biases on metrics. We had something to work with but we also Need to be aware of the entrenched bias that are involved.

Change is changing & our methods need to change too. In health & care, Gantt charts are the dominant method for managing projects. Yet in other sectors, there's a big shift away from them. How to abandon your Gantt chart & plan big projects without micromanaging dependencies: t.co/X3AFzwfK4U

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