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Judy Rees: Unlocking Conversations · Jul 3, 2026

Linkletter: Small Moves That Change The System

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Judy Rees · Judy Rees: Unlocking Conversations

Ever noticed what fear does to your attention? Turns out, this effect may be part of the cause of clinician burnout in end-of-life care.

In my latest Substack post I explain how that works, and what you can do about it.

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I just discovered that my local Richmond, Yorkshire undertaker, Carl Tate, co-hosts an amusingly-named, lighthearted podcast all about death and dying.

Well worth a listen!

Lifting the lid on death and dying »

LEGO Serious Play facilitator Sean Blair tried something new - and generated a whole bunch of new insights.

He explained: “The group has built a shared system model, built connections, examined how the system behaves, and now they’re identifying the places in the system where a small change might produce a disproportionately large result. Each ‘candidate’ leverage point gets a flag that describes an action or intervention. The group places their flags.

“At this particular session, I asked the group to do something slightly different. I asked them to physically animate one. Pick a flag, place your hand on it, and move it…”

Learn what happened next »

At last! Complexity cartoonist Virpi Oinonen’s long-awaited book is now available.

I’ve shared lots of her cartoons here over the years. They’re always brilliant.

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Clean Language questions can help clinicians have effective conversations with patients about death and dying. That’s the headline from a case study I put together with three clinical colleagues from the Clean in Healthcare movement.

Yesterday, we hosted an online event to launch the case study and give people an experience of Clean Language. More than 120 people registered, and we’re building a waitlist for repeat date. Watch this space for more details as we have them.

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