From the editors May you live in interesting times… depending on your point of view this can hold potential as well as problems. For those of us dedicated to transformation, we had hoped for evolution rather than revolution. But few had really anticipated such a direct copy of old strategies of authoritarianism to shape the…
EHFF Newsletter No.19 From the editor Apparently, the Chinese have a word for it: ‘cíjiù yíngxīn’ (say goodbye to the old, welcome the new); coined by a Song dynasty poet, a thousand years ago. So, what is new? At the end of 2023 I noted that we were in an increasingly turbulent world. A year…
We have lost an inspiring leader, innovator, colleague and friend. Marius Buiting died last week aged only 64 and will be sorely missed (A personal reflection from David Somekh EHFF Director). Marius trained as a physician and a lawyer and was always closely associated with the town and province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. While passionate…
EHFF Newsletter No.18 Updates, Progress… and Ideas Thoughts from the editor… The summer months are a time for relaxation and reflection. In our last Newsletter I signalled that our next strategy meeting was imminent. On the 4th of May, 12 of our 15 Trustees and Advisors met to review our mission and progress. While it was exciting that we still all felt…
Bridging the Gap episode 10 The Importance of Being Seen In the first podcast of 2024 Seán Ó Conláin speaks with Thobile Chittenden, network co-lead of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), about her early childhood at the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa and how that experience has influenced her, leading eventually to…
Highlights of 2023 From the editor: The show must go on. We’re in the circus of the health ecosystem and the wider chaos of early 21st century world events. A tough and turbulent environment, but quixotically we believe, as do a small but energetic and motivated minority, that we might be able…
Growing a New Pattern for Health and Care EHFF attendance at the International Futures Forum Health and Care Gathering, Fintry Trust England June 14th 2023 EHFF has participated over the last couple of years in a monthly community of practice meeting focused on the UK NHS, led by Margaret Hannah, Director of Health Programmes at…
Beyond Growth, Beyond Europe…and Beyond Politics In this podcast, Seán Ó Conláin and Caroline Whyte exchanged some initial thoughts on the European Parliament’s recent conference, “Beyond Growth: Pathways Towards Sustainable Prosperity in the EU,” which they both attended from May 15-17. They placed the conference in the context of a highly unbalanced world trade system that…
Walking backwards into the future, reviewing our first ten years. The early years: 2013-2014 The foresight principle Having worked in the policy field of quality improvement in health but with close links with other European business quality colleagues who were interested in transformational change in organisations, some of us were frustrated at the slow pace…
( A brief ) welcome from the editor As we are well in to the new year rather than offer greetings best wishes for survival in this turbulent world lets carry on as optimistically as we can and review various projects that EHFF is currently engaged in (and a couple we hope to be involved…