Wisdom from the PTS Partnership

An Introduction to Wisdom from the PTS Partnership

By 2016 Mayday Trust had been prototyping a new Person-led, Transitional…

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1 of 9 Listening to the grassroots

The further decision making is from people, the less likely it is that organisations can identify the right problem and find the right solutions.

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2 of 9 Leadership – go big or go home

Leaders who are interested and believe in the PTS show up and make efforts to change their organisation and the system.

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3 of 9 The asset-based bandwagon

The approach gets diluted as everyone says they are doing strength-based work without understanding the level of change that’s really involved.

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4 of 9 Culture eats strategy for breakfast

Only when organisational culture changes can the PTS have the autonomy and understanding it needs to have a real impact.

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5 of 9 Comfortable funding or impactful investment?

It doesn’t matter how many people believe in it - if things don’t change at a funding and local authority level, we just can’t get a grip on it and it feels like we’re treading water.

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6 of 9 Data. The evidence

We just want to be doing a good job and be able to say what we do and why we do it with conviction.

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7 of 9 To disrupt or not to disrupt?

I worry that being disruptive would actually, at this point, be counter-productive and be seen as a little antagonistic.

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8 of 9 Principles vs framework

Joining a movement is important to get others to listen. It gives individuals the strength to have a voice and do something.

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9 of 9 The role of the organisation

Balancing the new, emerging system of the PTS with old systems, old power and traditional hierarchies is incredibly hard.

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The learning

Transforming organisations through modelling person-led approaches…

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