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Marion Kiely
Even dead fish go with the flow – complexity master class
On July 22nd – In partnership with Art of Work, Marion will deliver ‘even dead fish go with the flow’ – a master class on complexity. In this master class we will explore the differences between ordered and complex systems, and look at some of the complexity principles & concepts that will help us in… Read More
Being Human Podcast – Cultivating Well-Being
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhn4Hde4pHo In this episode of Being Human, I speak with complexity practitioner and well-being advocate Marion Kiely.Marion has dedicated her career to figuring out how the latest complexity thinking can bring sustained change to organisations.From her home in Cork in Ireland, she talks passionately about how we can truly be well at work. In this… Read More
Reimagining the Future of Work – webinar recording
https://youtu.be/Will_oir01k With offices reopening after months of remote working, many HR directors and managers are unsure how to proceed. Should we go completely back to working from the office? Should flexibility and remote working be allowed? Or might we consider a hybrid model of both? For each business the answer is different, there is no one-size-fits-all. It is… Read More
Reimagining the Future of Work (4th June, 2021)
WHAT’S THE WORKSHOP ABOUT? Returning to the office is a complex challenge that requires the creative engagement of your entire workforce. Find out how to do that in this webinar. June 4th, 2021 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM (UTC+1)4:00PM To 5:00 PM (UTC+1) With offices reopening after months of remote working, many HR directors and managers… Read More
IHF – Mind the gap workshop (April 30th)
Give yourself this time for you…FREE TO Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) Members April 30th, 2021 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM To register, IHF members will need to enter the password they received in the email communicating this event, for any further queries, please contact corkihf@gmail.com Register WHAT’S THE WORKSHOP ABOUT? We will look at our return… Read More
IHF MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING WORKSHOP
Give yourself this time for you…FREE TO Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) Members March 25th, 2021 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM To register, IHF members will need to enter the password they received in the email communicating this event, for any further queries, please contact corkihf@gmail.com Register WHAT’S THE WORKSHOP ABOUT? We will look at what helps… Read More
CYNEFIN weaving sense-making into the fabric of our world
Marion co-authored a chapter in the book “CYNEFIN weaving sense-making into the fabric of our world” by Dave Snowden and Friends, contributing the chapter – “Weaving well-being into the fabric of our organizations with the Cynefin Framework” with Ellie Snowden. Read More
Safeopedia – meet the author
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3i03b_Pv5M&feature=emb_title Marion was invited to speak as a guest of Safeopedia in a ‘meet the author’ session to share insights to her chapter “Weaving well-being into the fabric of our organizations with the Cynefin Framework” from her co-authored book “CYNEFIN weaving sense-making into the fabric of our world” by Dave Snowden and Friends. The book… Read More
Webinar with Cognitive Edge on ‘Cynefin(R) and Safety’
Safety in organizations is not produced or manufactured. Leading safety experts agree, they see safety as an emergent property of many interacting forces, such as employees, policies, incentive systems and regulatory requirements in a complex adaptive system: an organization. This new view, different from the traditional view held by industry leaders and executives, has been… Read More
Rethinking Leadership – Why working with stories matters – online event
Marion will be co-presenting an online event with Nippin Anand (Novellus Solutions) and Ed Corbett (HSE UK) on September 17th & 18th. The theme of this event is ‘Rethinking Leadership – Why working with stories matters’. It will be hosted on two separate times to accommodate different time zones. Please see attached slides for more… Read More
Safety Insights
One of the chapters in the book ‘Safety Insights – Success and Failure Stories of Practioners’ is authored by Upstream founder, Marion Kiely. This book is comprised of accounts from various safety practitioners of both success and failure, as they experienced it in their safety roles in a variety of industries including: aviation, construction, oil… Read More
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Our whole world has changed dramatically in a very short space of time due to the current COVID19 pandemic. Even when communications were issued initially many of us couldn’t imagine the virus hitting us as hard as it has. It was only as stories & footage were shared from China and Italy that we really… Read More