We have all heard of Best Practice. Those proven methods that have been shown to lead to success in a particular field or situation. Within most industries, including social housing, they are crucial to keeping businesses organized and functioning to a successful and high standard. No one is ever going to discredit the advantages of best practice because it shapes entire industries however, within the realms of innovation, best practice has to ability to kill it completely.
We’re back with a new strategy! In the first of a series of posts on place and community power, Paul talks to Bromford resident and sustainability innovator, Tanya Love. They talk about street-level innovation, the importance of optimism and how we all need to Be More Guerrilla.
There’s a major shift in the Bromford Strategy that upends our legacy business model: our move to place-based working by 2027. But how do you shift to a completely new model within the constraints of a 60 year-old organisation? This series of posts will chart our journey: the highs and the lows, the breakthroughs and the fails, as we begin to test our new model.
Hafod Housing, based in Cardiff, have joined forces with Bromford to explore the potential of neighbourhood coaching. Hafod developed their approach partly based on our model, but both organisations have begun taking it in interesting new directions - so we thought it was time to set up a knowledge and learning partnership.
