We’re delighted to announce we’ve now begun formally trading as ‘The Lasting Difference consultancy’! The move puts our identity and resources squarely behind our core purpose – and flagship publications….
Lasting Difference by name…
Save the date – system capacity
Understanding system capacity Nov 2021 Our next practice sharing session for Lasting Difference partners and symbol holders will take place online on 3rd November. The theme will be system capacity,…
Creative commissioning
We continue to develop creative and collaborative approaches to commissioning public services via these ongoing projects: Promoting Variety: The updated guide to market facilitation within the field of short breaks…
Victors of our own success
Update from Graeme Reekie and the Wren and Greyhound directors. This is the hardest blog I’ve had to write, even though I’ve known for a few weeks that it’s been…
NEW: Guide to Managing Capacity
Managing capacity by getting resources to match demand is the number one sustainability challenge for the sector. Our new guide offers fresh, practical ways to think about and take action…
New Lasting Difference Workshops open
Bookings are now open for our three core sustainability workshops in May-June: Understanding sustainability in a recovering world: paradoxes, principles, practices. Thursday 6th May 10am-12.45pm Developing the five capabilities Thursday 20th…
Sustainable strategy success
Henry Mintzberg famously said that strategy walks on two feet: ‘One deliberate, the other emergent’. We remind managers and boards of this whenever they need to balance short-term survival with…
Well, that was a year
It’s been a year of three halves. Each has been productive and sometimes problematic in different ways. View the summary of our year in numbers here. January to March 2020…
Autumn Masterclasses: new look, new content, #NeverMoreNeeded
We’ve updated our core Lasting Difference workshops, packaging them into three online masterclasses. They’re about supporting charities and social enterprises to survive and be sustainable in a post-pandemic world, so…
Updated Lasting Difference toolkit! New content. New look. Still free. Still vital.
We’ve got just one goal for the year ahead: supporting charities, social enterpries and public bodies to survive. Please help by sharing the updated Lasting Difference toolkit – it’s available…
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