More information on Lydia Guthrie can be found on her website 'Change Point':

https://changepointlearning.com/

Imogen runs a social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates:

https://www.imogenblood.co.uk/

She also provides MSC training:

https://www.seralliance.org/

Discussed in the podcast:

Motivational Interviewing: https://motivationalinterviewing.org/understanding-motivational-interviewing

Shadd Maruna on Desistance from Crime and Narrative Identity: https://britsoccrim.org/volume2/003.pdf

Our book: Blood, I. & Guthrie, L. (2018) Supporting Older People Using Attachment-Informed and Strengths-Based Approaches, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Pat Crittenden Dynamic Maturation Model of Attachment and Adaptation: https://www.iasa-dmm.org/images/uploads/Attachment-theory-psychopaathology%20andpsychotherapyThedmm-approach.pdf

Dr Chip Chimera: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Chip-Chimera-iAic3AAC

Chapters

0:00 - Intro

1:39 - Lydia’s career and background

6:42 - How to help people change

8:49 - Measuring our success

13:48 - Working with denial

23:45 - What is attachment theory?

27:30 - Attachment, parenting and gender

31:10 - Changing our attachment patterns

40:36 - Why systemic (family) therapy?

43:50 - The role of the family therapist

48:06: - Not making things worse

48:38 - Change takes time

53:24 - Implications for service design

Imogen runs a social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates:

https://www.imogenblood.co.uk/

She also provides MSC training:

https://www.seralliance.org/

Mark Robinson's consultancy Thinking Practice:

https://www.thinkingpractice.co.uk/

Discussed in the podcast:

Rick Davies & Jess Dart's 2005 book 'The most significant change technique: A guide to its use':

https://www.mande.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2005/MSCGuide.pdf

Case Study on Ark: Stockton Arts Centre:

https://arconline.co.uk/about-us/what-we-do/

MSC training with Future Arts Centres network:

https://futureartscentres.org.uk

Will Storr: 'The Science of Storytelling' :

https://www.thescienceofstorytelling.com

Failspace: How can the cultural sector better recognise and learn from failures?

https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/our-work/failspace/#intro

Chapters

0:00 - intro

1:00 - Mark's background and career

7:53 - What is Most Significant Change (MSC)?

10:50 - Applying MSC in the cultural sector

16:15 - Good tool for complex projects

18:25 - MSC gives a structure for thinking about stories

19:50 - Exploring cause and effect through stories

20:06 - 'The science of storytelling' book

22:49 - Particular fit between MSC and the cultural sector?

24:10 - MSC countering evaluation fatigue

28:17 - Limitations or considerations

35:06 - Complementing MSC with 'FailSpace'

38:10 - Deciding what is 'significant'

41:16 - Impact of involving the board in MSC

42:50 - MSC from using MSC

48:45 - Writing MSC stories

55:00 - A title for your story?

Paul Connery: LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-connery-335708100/

Imogen runs a social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates:

https://www.imogenblood.co.uk/

She also provides MSC training:

https://www.seralliance.org/

Discussed in the podcast:

Homeless Link: https://homeless.org.uk

Lankelly Chase: 'Hard Edges'

Arnold Mindell: https://www.aamindell.net/worldwork

Greg & Myrna Lewis: https://www.lewisdeepdemocracy.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopEn-d_xqL6WVYFtXe-M03dpR-b7vm6oB9zwH0y9vKy_-be3Lue

Chapters

0:00 - intro

1:45 - Paul's background

3:05 - Co-production with multiply disadvantaged groups

8:42 - What is Deep Democracy?

12:50 - Building better teams

16:45 - Managers’ roles

20:05 - 5 stages of Deep Democracy

29:50 - As an informal tool

30:10 - Improving decision-making

30:56 - Role of the facilitator

38:52 - Purposeful inclusive meetings

40:52 - Online v face-to-face

43:55 - Change for groups

47:00 - Potential in different settings

48:45 - Personal change

51:00 - The wisdom of the minority