It is faintly ridiculous to sit on an office chair, behind a desk, in an office, between meetings, to write about breaking out of an institutional mindset. I've literally got my office-issue mug in front of me, next to my identikit mini-cactus... Much of the work I do involves working with the leaders of our communities. If information is to be communicated or gathered; if there are initiatives to hear about or to promote from the centre; then I can pick up the phone to a shu

How to prioritise members (always carefully!)...

Stories can do more than fill out an AGM. Stories can give you purpose.

How Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) of Amsterdam can directly inform how we talk about community life today.

Rabbi Samuel Landau and Chair Simon Hayes explain how their community aims to address the challenges of the moment, through always...

Simon Sinek's 'Golden Circle' suggests why certain businesses, inventions or even political ideas, are successful.