WILF: Reduce Change to Increase Improvement by Viviane Robinson

The Leading, Language and Literature Podcast

In this episode, I’m explaining What I Learnt From: Reduce Change to Increase Improvement by Viviane Robinson. This is the third episode that sees me go through my annotations and notes for a book that explores an area of English teaching or leadership.

This time, it’s a text that I was actually assigned as part of a Masters I did a few years ago. Amidst all the theoretical reading, Viviane Robinson’s writing jumped out as instantly practical and so resonant when considering my own experience with leadership. I subsequently listened to a brilliant episode she did with Ollie Lovell for the ERRR, which brought all of its ideas to life.

As always with these books, I really recommend you take a look by purchasing for your department or self but particularly if you’re someone with middle leadership or management aspirations or responsibilities.

Expect to hear:

• What the bypass and engagement approach to improvement are
• What a theory of action is
• How to have constructive problem talk
• How to respectfully inquire into others’ theory of action
• And finally, the four phases of theory engagement that lead to lasting change

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Links:

Reduce Change to Increase Improvement by Viviane Robsinson

Ollie Lovell’s interview with Viviane Robinson on the ERRR