
Marc Harris, PhD
@MarcHarrisPhD
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Head of Insight and Impact | Large scale change maker | Mixed-methods advocate | Author
Cardiff, Wales
Joined December 2015
Our daily lives are dominated by consumerism. Every day we encounter around 3000 messages which embed a narrative of humans as consumers. It’s time to rethink the dominant story of society and redefine what it means to be human.
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It’s time to rethink the dominant story of society and redefine what it means to be human.
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RT @Sch4Change: There's only 4 weeks to go until School starts! ⏰. Tag a colleague who you think can make a change and sign up today 👉 http….
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RT @themetresgained: After seeing the 'last mile' problem talked about on here in the context of public transport, I wondered if anyone had….
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RT @HorizonsNHS: There only a few days left to apply!. The Job: Production Officer. The role in a nutshell:. ⭐ Multimedia content creation….
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RT @HorizonsNHS: 🎉We're hiring!. Working with our Production Manager, your role will include:. ⭐Multimedia content creation. ⭐Amplifying ou….
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RT @HorizonsNHS: 🎉We're hiring!. Are you a passionate, creative individual with a fantastic eye for detail? Then this could be the role for….
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RT @KerryEMcGinty: 📢Join my team in Horizons! . Are you or do you know a creative wizard with a passion & energy for creating content & com….
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RT @HorizonsNHS: “The world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover the….
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It is becoming increasingly accepted that traditional types of evaluation are unsuitable for complex change. But what is the alternative? .
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It is becoming increasingly accepted that traditional types of evaluation are unsuitable for complex change. But what is the alternative?
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A parallel health service is required to save an NHS struggling to heal an increasingly unhealthy public. The creation of a “pre-NHS” focusing on preventive healthcare could unlock billions for the UK within two decades.
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Personalised ‘pre-NHS’ could stop onset of disease and offer health checks in places people live, work and socialise
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Let's capture Change-in-Flight ✈️. There is a pressing need to shift our approach to evaluation, placing a stronger emphasis on learning. @HorizonsNHS
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Learning is a critical component of complex change programmes. However, measuring system change presents unique challenges. So, how should we rethink evaluation for system change?.
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In a world characterised by complexity and uncertainty, it’s time to stop trying to prove and start trying to improve.
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RT @PennyPereira1: An inconvenient truth perhaps for those impatient to scale best practice. @theQCommunity was co-designed with those work….
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What can we learn from 10 events with hundreds of attendees across the three days around what makes a system tick and change?. Here are my reflections 👇.
NHS Horizons was proud to present at the @QualityForum 2024. We used Rapid Insight to gather knowledge from this year's forum and summarise the core themes from a range of powerful sessions. Read our findings by @MarcHarrisPhD here 👉
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The fascinating link between biodiversity and mental wellbeing. A new study has shown biodiversity can play a critical role for people’s mental wellbeing.
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Feeling down? Turns out, diverse natural environments are better for your mental health! Get your daily dose of biodiversity & boost your mood naturally. #Biodiversity #MentalHealth
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This is an outstanding article by @LauraJYearsley . "If insights are to influence policy change then they must be generated in time to meet the opening of a policy window. Too often we underestimate the speed at which complex policy decisions are made and the opportunity is lost".
"If we have better insights, we have better decisions, & therefore better health" - @LauraJYearsley . In this blog, you'll discover what Rapid Insight is, how it can be used to learn, act fast, & build collaborative intelligence🚀 . Read the full article:.
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RT @LozFo: A new UK Government means a new National Curriculum for PE. While the aims of PE are hotly contested, who would disagree that….
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This is an excellent playbook by Asana for improving meetings. Organisations are naturally inclined to solve problems through 'addition'. When people are primed to subtract, they adopt a subtraction mindset and focus on the most important things.
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This playbook is the antidote to fixing meetings. Learn how to lead fewer, more meaningful meetings.
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Rapid insight is an approach developed by NHS Horizons which turns data from highly interactive events involving large numbers of people, into knowledge that can be acted upon to positively affect change.
Introducing Rapid Insight. 🚀. Rapid Insight helps us to learn our way to the future. If we have better insights, we have better decisions, and therefore better health. Discover this new way of learning with Horizons. Head to:
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RT @jesstud: Very interesting recalibration of the health mission- to emphasise ‘prevention’ and a ‘neighbourhood health service’… feels li….
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