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Empowering Change: Transforming Organizational Culture with Kerry Tottingham
In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kerry Tottingham, an incredible social entrepreneur who has embarked on a transformative journey from being an artist to becoming an expert in fundraising and creating systems change. Kerry's story is truly inspiring, and she shared with us her remarkable insights and experiences.
Kerry's work with A Brilliant Thing CIC involves collaborating with public sector teams, charities, and communities to tackle significant social challenges. By bringing together different stakeholders and encouraging collective action, she believes in finding collaborative solutions that address these problems effectively.
As a leader, Kerry guides individuals and organizations through a design thinking process. By empowering people and shifting power dynamics, she helps organizations develop strategies that genuinely serve and empower those they aim to help.
Key Takeaways from our conversation:
Co-producing solutions with the population being impacted is key to creating lasting and meaningful change.
The importance of supporting workers within systems and organizations who may face burnout or encounter obstacles.
Addressing critical issues such as leadership and organizational culture, which can hinder progress and prevent teams from achieving their desired outcomes.
Join me in this thought-provoking conversation as Kerry Tottingham shares her expertise and insights on creating systems change, promoting equity, and empowering individuals and organizations to make a lasting impact. Don't miss out on the valuable lessons and strategies she offers to help transform organizational culture and drive positive change.
About our guest: Kerry Tottingham
Kerry Tottingham is co-director of A Brilliant Thing, a Community Interest Company that supports team and organisational development. A Brilliant Thing CIC is focused on connecting strategy and culture, to develop purposeful, valuable teams that produce brilliant results from the inside out.
A Brilliant Thing CIC creates awaydays, team development programmes, coaching support and collaborations with charities, public sector teams and companies with social aims. Creativity, wellbeing and social impact are threaded through everything we do.
A Brilliant Thing CIC is a family company. Co-directors are Kerry, and her mum Lynn, a senior accredited counsellor (BACP) and 2 sisters Faye, HR and SME Partnerships specialist and Tess, accredited counsellor (BACP) and a lead social prescriber.
Kerry is a Chartered Management Institute certified (Level 7) leadership coach and mentor and draws on her experience within Non-Profit sectors, CVS Infrastructure and NHS management, unusually combining this with background in participatory arts to coproduce change.
Contact Kerry
Website: https://www.brilliantthing.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrytottingham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abrilliantthing
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By Wendie VelozIn this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kerry Tottingham, an incredible social entrepreneur who has embarked on a transformative journey from being an artist to becoming an expert in fundraising and creating systems change. Kerry's story is truly inspiring, and she shared with us her remarkable insights and experiences.
Kerry's work with A Brilliant Thing CIC involves collaborating with public sector teams, charities, and communities to tackle significant social challenges. By bringing together different stakeholders and encouraging collective action, she believes in finding collaborative solutions that address these problems effectively.
As a leader, Kerry guides individuals and organizations through a design thinking process. By empowering people and shifting power dynamics, she helps organizations develop strategies that genuinely serve and empower those they aim to help.
Key Takeaways from our conversation:
Co-producing solutions with the population being impacted is key to creating lasting and meaningful change.
The importance of supporting workers within systems and organizations who may face burnout or encounter obstacles.
Addressing critical issues such as leadership and organizational culture, which can hinder progress and prevent teams from achieving their desired outcomes.
Join me in this thought-provoking conversation as Kerry Tottingham shares her expertise and insights on creating systems change, promoting equity, and empowering individuals and organizations to make a lasting impact. Don't miss out on the valuable lessons and strategies she offers to help transform organizational culture and drive positive change.
About our guest: Kerry Tottingham
Kerry Tottingham is co-director of A Brilliant Thing, a Community Interest Company that supports team and organisational development. A Brilliant Thing CIC is focused on connecting strategy and culture, to develop purposeful, valuable teams that produce brilliant results from the inside out.
A Brilliant Thing CIC creates awaydays, team development programmes, coaching support and collaborations with charities, public sector teams and companies with social aims. Creativity, wellbeing and social impact are threaded through everything we do.
A Brilliant Thing CIC is a family company. Co-directors are Kerry, and her mum Lynn, a senior accredited counsellor (BACP) and 2 sisters Faye, HR and SME Partnerships specialist and Tess, accredited counsellor (BACP) and a lead social prescriber.
Kerry is a Chartered Management Institute certified (Level 7) leadership coach and mentor and draws on her experience within Non-Profit sectors, CVS Infrastructure and NHS management, unusually combining this with background in participatory arts to coproduce change.
Contact Kerry
Website: https://www.brilliantthing.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrytottingham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abrilliantthing
JOIN THE SOCIAL IMPACT LEVEL UP COLLECTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@socialimpactlevelup
Get our newsletter on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6892164442784632832/
CONNECT WITH WENDIE
Visit this page to learn about my upcoming social impact masterclasses and events. https://wendieveloz.com/events
Follow Wendie on Instagram, her handle is @WendieVeloz https://www.instagram.com/wendieveloz/
Follow Wendie on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendiev
Follow Wendie on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@WendieVeloz
RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
We recommend these digital solutions to help grow your social enterprise.
Record or livestream with StreamYard https://streamyard.com/pal/4848094874435584
Podcast, video, and audio editing with Descript https://www.descript.com/?lmref=iZQnqw
Manage your email list with Flodesk https://flodesk.com/c/CS6MM0
*Some of these may be affiliate links.