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Coherent Cities
Professional Training and Coaching
London, -- Select -- 241 followers
Collaborate, communicate, compete…coherently
About us
Coherent Cities helps people and teams working on cities to be more effective. That may mean connection, fresh approaches, team or individual confidence – or just recalibrating how we work together. To do that, we combine professional development and facilitation expertise with sector intelligence, lateral thinking, clear communication and a straightforward approach to projects and relationships. If you’re - working with stakeholders on a contentious issue or place - wrestling with strategic direction or diversity stall-out - trying to form or reform your board - needing to hone your team’s communication or collaboration skills - in a bid or reporting slump …we can help. We work with internal and multi-party groups, from front-line and community representatives to CEOs and council leaders. We help your own team build skills, confidence and trust so they’re more self-sufficient. And we try to make every experience as positive as possible – including online!
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http://www.coherentcities.com
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- Professional Training and Coaching
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- 2-10 employees
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- London, -- Select --
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- Privately Held
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- 2019
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- Facilitation, Communications, Cross-sector partnerships, and Regeneration projects
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🔻🚨 Interested in seeing this kind of hands-on #SocialValue accountability work in Greater Manchester? Our fab sister Future of London is 11 years older, bigger & more partnered-up, but we know GM grit and motivation are great kickstarters - and FoL and its network are keen to share best practice! If you want to help deepen social impact in your work or where you live, get involved with our new #DiverseVoices Network, bring your own experience, ideas and connections... We'll help hone your comms skills - or involve you as a coach – as part of the deal, and we'll see what we can accomplish together! July 4 at Arup is our first Diverse Voices inclusion workshop & comms coaching session, so get your vote on then come build your own lobbying base! For info or to register: https://lnkd.in/eqkDaBsQ Thanks to Diverse Voices first-mover sponsors Muse & Coherent Cities and FoGM core supporters Arup, Hatch, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Trowers & Hamlins for letting us stretch where we can. 💛 Dr Kelly Watson Sarah Richards Gemma Bourne Chithra Marsh Fiona Fletcher Smith Alyson Heald Stephen O'Malley Katrina Davis Anita Singh Ben Maltby Faye Whiteoak ARB David Smith-Milne Siobhan P. Simon Hooton Caroline Baker John Alker Alexandra Notay Tahreen Shad Carolina Eboli Jeff Endean Ruth Welford Katie Wray Danny Crump Lisa Taylor #JustDoIt #SocialImpact #Diversity #Inclusion #connection
Lasting change is created when we are accountable for the gaps between social value initiatives. In the built environment sector, social value projects pass through many hands so defining a long-term mission is vital. In our new report, we call this approach "carrying the baton". We found several great examples of multi-partner projects that cohered around a mission to create social value. One is the Royal Docks regeneration where public and private sector and community organisations work together to achieve long-term social value legacy. Two projects exemplified "carrying the baton" by training community members to research issues affecting their area so they could work with stakeholders in the planning and delivery of developments. The UCL Citizen Science Academy trains people with the skills and tenacity to stay involved in projects do they can positively impact the place they live. Young Researchers-in-Residence was a twelve-month research project that enabled young people to take an active role in local placemaking. They were equipped with the skills needed to gather evidence of young people’s experiences of the public realm. The project was delivered by LSE Cities, Make Space for Girls and Countryside Partnerships. "We’re keeping the community connected to people who can make a difference," says citizen scientist Twinkle Jayakumar. "Communities have been neglected for so long, and this is a chance to connect the dots.” To find out more, download the report, "Social Value: How to be a good ancestor". It’s packed with case studies, advice and resources for developing a social value strategy. See the link in the comments below. Thanks to our project partners BOUYGUES UK Countryside Partnerships Mount Anvil Pollard Thomas Edwards Trowers & Hamlins Yoo Capital Finally, thanks to the project steering group members who helped to shape the project from start to finish Paul Augarde Rosa Sulley Nicola Bacon Michael Blake Sara Bailey Laura Murray Louise Page-Jennings Patrick Devlin Gloria A. Vargas Palma Jasmine Ceccarelli-Drewry Marcus Bate Oliver Campbell Hilary Satchwell Shelley Hathaway-Batt (MBA, CMgr, FCMI) Iona McArdle FRSA Images: Ayan Abdi, a young researcher (main pic); young researchers-in-residence, courtesy of Countryside Partnerships; citizen scientist Twinkle Jayakumar #FutureOfLondon #SocialValue
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Join us to celebrate 20 years of London Festival of Architecture with an evening talk on 'Reimagining Public Spaces Through Co-Design.' kate digney and Visakha Sroy from our Place Studio will be joined by local authority clients and co-design facilitator Lisa Taylor of Coherent Cities. The presentations will demonstrate the process of co-design through the lens of current projects. It is an event particularly for #UrbanDesign and #Landscape professionals and anyone who is interested in #community led co-design. The presentations will be followed by a discussion and opportunity for questions. The event will be held at our Finsbury Park studio. The building is wheelchair accessible and drinks will be provided. More info here: https://lnkd.in/gRUasGVZ Book your spot on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/evaCvVVn #LFAat20 #architecture #codesign #placemaking #reimagine
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Join us to celebrate 20 years of London Festival of Architecture with an evening talk on 'Reimagining Public Spaces Through Co-Design.' kate digney and Visakha Sroy from our Place Studio will be joined by local authority clients and co-design facilitator Lisa Taylor of Coherent Cities. The presentations will demonstrate the process of co-design through the lens of current projects. It is an event particularly for #UrbanDesign and #Landscape professionals and anyone who is interested in #community led co-design. The presentations will be followed by a discussion and opportunity for questions. The event will be held at our Finsbury Park studio. The building is wheelchair accessible and drinks will be provided. More info here: https://lnkd.in/gRUasGVZ Book your spot on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/evaCvVVn #LFAat20 #architecture #codesign #placemaking #reimagine
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Director, Coherent Cities | Exec Director, Future of London & Future of GM | Place Collective UK
Will be at UKREiiF with 4 hats on - Place Collective UK, Coherent Cities & Future of Greater Manchester & Future of London - all of which I love! Thank God for that new 6th weekday…🧢⛑️🤠🚀 #connection #place #cities #leadership
Place Collective UK are heading to UKREiiF this year - come and say hello. Camilla Siggaard Andersen Hazel Rounding Lisa Taylor Marion Mac Cormick Paul Augarde
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Director, Coherent Cities | Exec Director, Future of London & Future of GM | Place Collective UK
🦋 🎤 Got happy butterflies ahead of a sparky speaking gig April 30th, organised by the fab Jenna Goldberg of Hill & Knowlton. It's a first "Transformation Talk" on how all of us working on cities & places can keep up with the trends shaping them. I'll share the stage with the incisive Laia Gasch of World Cities Culture Forum and share the room with 30 super-sharp urbanists from Jenna's brilliant little black book. Since nerves makes me irreverent, I decided to share current-day postcards from five of the cities I worked in as a TV and event producer 10-20 years back: Beijing, Rio, Bangkok, LA and my hometown of Montreal. (Moscow was in there but is sanctioned of course...). It's an invite-only gig but I bet the Q&A will be worth an emoji-studded post or two! 🤓
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LOCAL CHARITIES WELCOME! Mayor #AndyBurnham asked who was in the audience at our 11 Jan #GMLeadersPlus event and only 1 hand went up for third sector (the rest were a mix of public and private). He called on us to do more, and we’re grateful for the nudge. Since we launched in 2020, we’ve had fantastic third-sector alumni - Ruth Welford & Jo Moon from Barnardo's and Lisa H., Susie Cuthill & Liam Swanston from The Proud Trust. But we have to reach farther. One clear route is our #DiverseVoices network, focused on building skills and profile for under-represented groups and led by Judi Greenwood. Get in touch if you work with communities and/or on diversity, equity or inclusion. The other is through our cross-sector #leadership programmes. They’ve always been open to charities but FoGM’s board & steering group also agreed in 2023 to offer a 100% bursary to make it easier. We’re actually offering 3 bursaries in 2024: - Two for our 6-mo Future Leaders course, starting February 8. - One for our 9-mo Leaders Plus course, starting March 7. We’ve put this out to our network, but two deadlines have passed with no applications yet. We know first-hand the capacity to act on a non-urgent opportunity - or attend an all-morning event - is a luxury for VCOs. Future of GM is itself a non-profit start-up and it’s an act of will and good conscience not to release those places and cover costs. That’s where a nudge - from anyone - can help people & organisations stay the course. We’re extending the deadline again and opening this up to LinkedIn: **If your organisation supports local people or places in Greater Manchester and has mid- to senior-level staff who could benefit from cross-sector connection & leadership development, please message Lisa Taylor by **Wed 17 Jan** so we can get applications in by 22 Jan. Happy to chat! Groundwork Greater Manchester GMCVO 10GM Healthwatch Manchester Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) Manchester Disability Collaborative - spread the word!
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Huge congrats to #GMLeadersPlus for four human-focused Proposals for GM on the theme of "Reclaiming the Street" (despite an evacuation, aka outdoor networking) - and for graduating! It's been a stellar year and we'll post more next week, but for now, rest up and see you at Kala for lunch. You've earned it! Thanks to Mayor of GM #AndyBurnham and Greater Manchester Combined Authority CEO eamonn boylan for sharing their thoughts on what future leaders need and how FoGM can do more of it, and to GMCA, Hatch, Trowers & Hamlins and Arup for helping us get here!
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Don't miss out! Jan 11th Proposals for GM on 'Reclaiming the Street' at the Manchester Art Gallery will be an energising kick-off to the new year and a great way to connect with the region’s current and rising leaders in an inspiring setting. **Special guests now confirmed to join!** The Leaders Plus 2023 cohort will present four short, sharp proposals on improving streetscapes in different ways, followed by Q&A (and doubtless some friendly debate!), plus a short grad celebration and light lunch. Details, registration & programme links at our Events page: bit.ly/4758tHJ You can also DM us or email [email protected] Huge thanks to Leadership programme sponsors Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Hatch, Trowers & Hamlins, hosts Arup and Coherent Cities, and all of our excellent mentors and speakers. Here's to a restorative break and a better 2024 for everyone! 🎉 🚀 Lisa Taylor Judi Greenwood Collette Hayton
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Director, Coherent Cities | Exec Director, Future of London & Future of GM | Place Collective UK
Happy, relieved and footsore after running an intense away day with the Greater London Authority senior exec team with my Coherent Cities hat on. Such a brilliant cohort leading London, and such dedication to making the GLA the best it can be. Nothing like prepping for a very sharp group of 36 to heighten the senses! Thanks to Daniel Bridge, Shonagh Manson FRSA, Roxanne Ohene, #JeremySkinner & Magdalena Siwek for co-design & Natalie Daniels for stepping up on the day. Thanks also to Avison Young │UK’s Nick Walkley & Barry Young for the space, the fab Sophie Inglis & AY workspace team for smooth & thoughtful hosting and Sarah Fullegar for top-notch facilitation support! #facilitation #leadershipdevelopment #theoryofchange #london
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