Common Purpose Blog

Economic instability has presented businesses with many challenges since the great crash of 2008 – and these problems have refused to disappear. It is amid these harsh financial realities that the perception of learning and development (L&D) has changed. A recent survey by the Henley Business School suggested that L&D has become increasingly focused as organisations look [...]

  This week Common Purpose Scotland ran a Generation Infinity for 110 participants of all ages. The theme of the day was about inspiring leadership across generations.       During the day, participants heard from a variety of speakers, including Tam Baillie, Scotland Commissioner for Children & Young People Mike Stevenson, Managing Director @Thinktastic [...]

Following the UK’s comprehensive spending review last week, this is a crucial time for the country to consider how it can do more with less. For example, the NHS can simply no longer afford itself. Old models, old mindsets and old systems simply can’t continue to operate efficiently, with significantly less resource. The UK would [...]

Common Purpose is thrilled to welcome this guest blog from Seema Pathan, TV presenter for BBC’s Sportsround. Seema Pathan presented this year’s CHANGEit award at the Ministry of Sound in London tonight, and has shared her thoughts on young leaders’ initiatives. Tonight I presented the CHANGEit award at the Ministry of Sound in London. We [...]