Changing the way we change
Welcome to the website of The Inside Out Partnership, a consultancy dedicated to change, leadership and organisation development. I'm David Briggs, the founder. I hope you find the contents a useful summary of our work. If you would like more detailed information, please don't hesitate to contact either myself or any of the partners and associates mentioned. You'll find all of our contact details in the Contact Us section.
In my experience, despite the best intentions of leaders to transform their organisations, the results they set out to achieve are seldom met. I believe this is because the willingness and ability of people to work together has little to do with the lines on their organisation chart or the shape of their processes. Whilst these clearly have some bearing on performance, it is the quality and richness of the interactions that take place between people that ultimately determines the quality of results.
Leaders in today’s organisations face a fundamentally more complex and dynamic challenge than their predecessors. This is not because the world of commerce has necessarily changed (though of course it has). It is because we are beginning to understand that organisations are not like machines with linear structures, processes or predictable outcomes. There is today a growing awareness of organisations as complex webs of relationships that get played out in day to day conversations within and across organisational boundaries.
Since these conversations shape the culture of organisations, they have decisive consequences for their results. From this perspective, attempts to improve performance using prescriptive change processes have little consequence. At best they lead to short term, localised improvements. At worst, they leave in their trail yet another failed initiative.
About The Inside Out Partnership
The Inside Out Partnership represents my association with both internal and external coaches and consultants who share a fundamental belief - that relationships are at the heart of all results. Together, we work with clients to bring about sustainable improvements in performance by drawing attention to the way in which people within and between teams, departments and business units interact with one another, surfacing and working with competing priorities, complex problems and unspoken differences.
My work is based on the latest thinking and practice in the field of organisational development in which greater emphasis is placed on the day to day conversations that shape people’s behaviour, relationships and the culture of their organisations. I use a blend of working live, group facilitation and one to one coaching to change these conversations so that people’s energy becomes fully focused on delivering results. I offer myself as a partner in the on going process of change rather than as a consultant with an espoused methodology. In doing so, I honour the experience of my clients and the complexity of their organisations, using my skills to help them design and implement change for themselves.
To experience a fundamentally different approach to change that produces real and sustainable results, email enquiries@insideoutpartnership.co.uk or call me, David Briggs on 07968 008818.