Together an Active Future Podcast Ken Masser & Jamie Waugh

Another season in the bag folks. We tried something different and for the most part, we think it was pretty blumming good. We achieved what we wanted to, we shared our thinking, our learning and our approach and got across what TaAF is all about. This episode gives us chance to reflect, pull out some highlights, look at some of our download stats and set up season 3 (pause to allow for gasps of excitement).Ken's highlights were mostly about himself and Jamie's was in the discovery of a l...

Wouldn't it be amazing if the people around you recognised, understood and dare we say celebrated your natural strengths. Imagine what your work would be like if you had the time and space to focus more on what you're naturally great at and the things that give you energy.Using Clifton Strengths, TaAF are doing just that. We are embedding strengths-based development into what we do and how we do it. We see this being pretty huge in terms of system and leadership mindsets and approac...

In an unsurprising move, Ken has binned Jamie off for this one for someone much more intelligent, interesting and less mouthy.Ali Donnelly is the former Prime Minister's Deputy Official Spokesperson and Head of News and is now a leading lady at Sport England as their Executive Director of Digital, Marketing and Communications.She brings those years of experience and wisdom to share her thoughts on one of TaAF's biggest challenges...telling a story of the work we do in the shadows, the work th...

Place based working is happening all the time; it's where local people and partners do what they do. But how can some of the 'larger' partner organisations actually change their mindsets and approaches to enable more of it to happen; as opposed to just using it as a buzzword in meetings.Jamie and Ken cover a lot in this podcast, based on what TaAF have tested out and learnt from, that we believe could help partners start to make this a reality. Find a 'base', find a 'place' and listen i...

The term 'system change' gets banded about a lot in the circles we move in; the words have become almost abstract. Yet, when you keep in mind that 'the system' is just people who make decisions, you see a path forward in being able to influence change. In this episode, Ken and Jamie (being simple folk) talk about 'the system' in simple terms, share some thoughts on the reality of working with system partners and even share some ideas on taking some first steps...which include a coffee sh...

In yet another riveting podcast, Ken and Jamie (who used to be appallingly behaved and who are now slightly better) talk behaviour as fundamental to the TaAF Model for Change and explore key questions such as, why do any of us make the decisions we do, what drives our behaviours, good or bad and how likely is it we can change.Great questions to explore when you’re interested in making real change happen.In this episode of TaAF Talks, we'll be discussing...1.45 - How behaviours relate to the T...