Innovation

A coaching approach

Asking new questions, hearing new things

lightbulbs hanging

Last Autumn I started a coaching course with the Institute of Coaching Studies. Over six weeks, a small group of us from all over the world spent two half days a week online together. Led by an excellent tutor, we worked through the course and practiced coaching from the very first session. I thought I knew what coaching was but I soon realised the depth of skill involved in what seems like having a natural conversation. 

Inside Iriss
Published on 10 May 2024

DIY (Development Impact and You)

At Iriss we believe that innovation is not a practice reserved for 'the creative' or 'the experts' and that people innovate all the time. We focus on how to blend and adapt ideas to support social innovation and on how we need to accept risk and failure as central components of innovation. A toolkit - Development Impact and You - has been developed by Nesta in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation to support and encourage social innovation.

Published in
Features
on 5 Jan 2015

Failure

Iriss on...

Hand throwing dice
The premise of this Iriss On… is that it is important to be able to adapt, to be flexible and to share our experiences of failure and success so that others can learn from us…
Published in
Iriss on…
on 3 Oct 2014

How to run an experience lab

Developing social care and support

Toy scientists in fake lab
A guide on what needs to be considered when running an experience lab, and how the methodology can be evaluated.
Published in
Reports
on 30 Jul 2014

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