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Practising Social Change is the practitioner’s journal of The NTL Institute for Applied Behavioural Science.

It is a collaborative and reflective meeting place for practitioners in Applied Behavioural Science who seek to work at their developmental edge: curious, conceptual thinkers charged with supporting change in work relationships, in teams, in communities or in the larger society, and who may be able to learn from the experience of others in different parts of the world.

Belonging at Work Begins with You

Harry Hutson

Executive Summary: In this paper, citing both research and personal experience, the author explains why “Belonging” at work is important, and suggests that self-understanding is the foundation for belonging. The author’s purpose is to encourage readers to be mindful and openhearted in situations where others might be overlooked, ignored or left out.

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The Author

Harry Hutson

Harry Hutson's life purpose is infused with curiosity, and in this essay he explores a topic he has grappled with for two decades. In their book, Putting Hope to Work, his coauthor, Barbara Perry and he make the case for an “agentic” Hope: to realize Hope you must actually do something. But they say, “doing" has limits that Aristotle has contemplated: moderate your expectations for Hope or you may end in despair. Here Hutson introduces Hermes as another ancient source of understanding Hope. Hermes, mercurial…