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Author: Richard Wilson

Richard leads the public participation and leadership development work programs in Osca. He has over 15 years experience supporting change in large institutions such as the UNDP, OECD, BBC, EC, Bupa, the NHS, Cisco and numerous local and national governments around the world. He is currently a UN Adviser working in the Middle East, a Clore Social Fellow and an associate of the innovation consultancy IDEO.

Getting Climate Citizens’ Assemblies Right

November 5, 2020 Richard Wilson

Climate assemblies can help unlock more effective action against climate change, but improvements are needed in how they are run.

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Invitation to lead the good help movement

June 15, 2018 Richard Wilson

Our work so far suggests that thousands of people across the UK are transforming lives through offering ‘good help’. But too …

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Good Help Project: Get Involved

January 31, 2018 Richard Wilson

On 6 th February 2018 we are launching the ‘Good and Bad Help’ publication with Nesta. This marks the start of …

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Is all help good? What makes help, unhelpful?

September 18, 2017 Richard Wilson

In the wake of tragedies, we rightly point to acts of kindness offered to the victims, be it blankets, cash or …

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Many public services undermine self-confidence – how can we support change?

May 2, 2017 Richard Wilson

“Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure,” wrote Albert Bandura in his 1997 magnum opus ‘Self-efficacy: The …

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Beyond the Self-Management Hype

March 7, 2017 Richard Wilson

In case you haven’t noticed, some people have got very excited about the possibility of self-management transforming our public services. Well, …

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Choose Life. Choose Self-Efficacy…

February 10, 2017 Richard Wilson

Why we at Osca are focussing on self-efficacy in public services in 2017 As I stepped out of the cinema last …

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Self-Efficacy Explained

Richard Wilson

At Osca we’ve been thinking a lot about self-efficacy, but what does it mean and how is it useful? We’ve given …

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Self-Efficacy & Services

Richard Wilson

In 2017 we are exploring the potential for public services to become engines of self-efficacy to drive significant improvements in service …

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Organisational Change: The New Ten Commandments

June 16, 2015 Richard Wilson

Since 2010 many consultancies I’ve spoken to have reported an increase in demand for organisations seeking to fundamentally change their ways …

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