Green Gems and Blue Jewels: The Virtual Green Skills Hub
On April 1st 2025, the Green Changemakers (soft) launch their Virtual Green Skills Hub, after a year of patient and dedicated ‘Bowerbirding’. It’s been a…
Lou Mycroft
JoyFE – Learning from the Rhizome
In the five years since we co-founded #JoyFE we have learned so much. We are very practical in FE, but what felt like a spontaneous…
We are Bluebells – The ‘rhize’ of #JoyFE
Five years ago, as the UK went into the first, bewildering lockdown of Covid times, Stefanie Tinsley and I began early morning broadcasts on (what…
Green Changemakers: Community is Everything
In my recent article, I began to explore why Green Changemakers, a ‘second operating system’ in organisations, has the potential to move us forward with…
Green Changemakers: A Second Operating System
It’s approaching a year since we finished the Green Changemakers pilot, a year where we’ve been supporting and energising one another in the community, co-creating…
The Messy Work of Changing the World
I’ve been on the road recently, as I am each summer. I love getting invited to staff events and conferences, to talk changemaking. This year,…
Green Changemakers – A Paradigm Shift in FE
We hope you may have heard by now about the Green Changemakers programme, a devolution initiative of the West Midlands and Warwickshire Combined Authority, funded…
Little By Little, A Little Becomes A Lot
Lou Mycroft riffs on the Stress Awareness Month hashtag #LittleByLittle, to explore new collective approaches to addressing personal and organisational accountability around ‘burnout culture’. This…
Learning From Fircroft: The Values College
Recently, at the Festival of Learning, Fircroft College won the Learning Provision Award in recognition of the “safe and welcoming environment they offer for students…
Stress – A Collective Workplace Issue
When I was asked to write an article for FE News about Stress Awareness Month, I was initially stumped. What could I add to a…
