This week I have had the huge honour of being one of the first nurses (and indeed people) to tweet from inside one of the Health Committee meetings in Westminster Palace. I have to say that I was really quite overwhelmed by the whole experience but rather than rambling on I shall start this story…
Category: Thoughts
And the grand total is …….
Every so often on Twitter a tweet gets sent out that just captures peoples imagination and gets people talking … well last night I was the author of such a tweet when I asked: Well that was it … the flood gates opened and nurses from far and wide shared their years of experience. For…
To Schedule or not to schedule …
I spend a lot of time lurking on Twitter, it’s amazing what you can learn by just listening (though yes technically it is watching as those IT boffins haven’t invented the “read aloud” option for Twitter yet!) It was whilst I was listening the other day that I came across a scheduled tweet that…
A telephone, a time machine and redefining privacy
In my last blog “Not a serious means of communication” I quoted an internal memo sent by Western Union in 1876 who notoriously stated about the telephone “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” x Whilst reading around…
Not a serious means of communication…
It “has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.” And “is inherently of no value to us” These words were sent in an internal memo in 1876 by Western Union about the telephone but despite Western Unions opinion and thanks to those that had a little courage we now live…
Twitter Groupthink .. and a few questions
Share with a Tweet A few months ago I had a conversation with someone and was dismayed when they said that nurses on Twitter are so agreeable that you never get a true representation of thoughts and that we had to beware of “groupthink” Having not heard the term “groupthink” before I turned to my…
Can Twitter change culture ?
Share with a Tweet Recently my attention was brought to the Government’s response to the Francis report one of my Twitter followers pointed out that #WeNurses and #OTalk are name checked in the document, of course I immediately re checked the document having missed it when I first read it … sure enough both Twitter…
Making a difference
Share with a Tweet On three separate occasions this week I have been reminded of a story that someone once told me about throwing starfish …. The first occasion was whilst attempting to write a blog on leadership and I was thinking about what keeps me going. The second time was when I was talking…
Going Global
Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to spend the day with the CareMakers at NHS Innovation Expo – for those of you who have been hiding under a rock and do not know who the CareMakers are they are a group of volunteer student and newly qualified nurses and midwives who were…
Teresa Chinn: Agent of Change and Ninja??
I have often heard the phrase “agent of change” especially of late with the upcoming NHS Change Day on 13.3.13 but it has never been a phrase that I have applied to myself. Agent of change to me conjures up all sorts of ninja style aggressive fighters that bravely storm the castle fighting the good…