What we’re about
Are you a people person and a bit of a people geek? Are you interested in creating high-performing organizations that are also great places to work? Do you like understanding human development? Do you like talking and learning about human-focused organizations, organisational psychology, leadership and management development and practical ways to improve our organizations and our own lives? If so, this is a group for you!
As an open and inclusive group, we welcome everyone who is striving to improve workplaces including:
- Founders, leaders and managers working in organisations,
- Professionals and practitioners working in leadership, management and organisational development, learning and development, change and all such fields,
- Academics and students interested in these and related topics.
We meet on a semi-regular basis to explore interesting topics, challenge and develop our thoughts and knowledge, gain new insights, share our enthusiasm and passion, help each other with real world challenges and to build a friendly and supportive community of like-minded people in and around Edinburgh.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Introducing the Inner Development Goals (IDGs): Inner Growth for Outer ChangeCodeBase Ltd, Edinburgh
## Inner development unlocks our power to build a flourishing future.
## Details
WHERE AND WHEN
Our June 2025 meetup will start at 18:30 on Thursday, 19 June, at Codebase in Edinburgh. Feel free to arrive from 18:15.WHO IT'S FOR
Per the description of the group, this session is for people who are interested in people, team, leadership and organizational development and who want to be share their interest with others.Typically, attendees are leaders or managers, work in Learning and Development, are consultants, students, psychologists, coaches or are personally interest in helping people develop and improving workplaces.
SESSION TOPIC AND STRUCTURE
Marie and Sue will lead this interactive session, where you will have the opportunity to generate perspectives through the IDG lenses for tackling your own current pressing challenges.The IDGs are a framework of 23 cognitive, emotional and relational capacities that enable collective action on complex and systemic challenges. (https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org) The founders started the IDGs in response to recognising that the world already has all the knowledge we need to tackle the climate crisis and the challenges facing democracy and peace—yet we continue to focus on marginal changes. The framework is still evolving after the initial crowdsourcing from 1000 experts to derive the 23 capacities within five dimensions of development.
Being – How we relate to ourselves
Thinking – Our way of understanding and handling complexity
Relating – How we interact and build relationships
Collaborating – The ability to create change together
Acting – Turning insights into actionThe IDG initiative aims include: 1) to raise awareness that inner development is a necessary part of the transformations required to address the root causes of problems instead of just the symptoms. 2) to simplify the language of inner development so it feels accessible to everyone and 3) to encourage organisations, governments and society in general to integrate inner development into their change efforts.
The IDGs are relevant for developing the inner and collective capacity to navigate any complex challenge we face in the workplace and life, as well as for addressing global sustainability challenges.
SESSION FACILITATORS
Marie Hernandez is an Executive Director with responsibility for People & Organisational Development at Nature Scot. She will introduce the IDG Centre for Scotland based in Nature Scot, and will lead us through the IDG grounding check-in and check-out sessions. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariehernandez/Sue Mitchell is an author, executive & leadership coach at Aeona, and the co-founder of the IDG Edinburgh Resilience Hub (https://idg.innersustainability.net). She will introduce the IDG framework and take us through all five dimensions as we apply them to our challenges.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suemitchell/A THANK YOU
A big thanks to Codebase and Techscaler who are supporting this group and providing us with our meeting space.All subject to change :)
