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    New Energy for the Unity Plan
    Philip J Connolly
    • 7 days ago
    • 3 min

    New Energy for the Unity Plan

    If the disability sector is to advance then it will need to find new energy but where is this energy going to come from?
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    The Unity Plan: how the DRN builds an inclusive economy with you
    Philip J Connolly
    • May 5
    • 3 min

    The Unity Plan: how the DRN builds an inclusive economy with you

    2000 people have connected with the Disability Resilience Network - the DRN. It is our hope that you can be connected too!
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    "To the metaverse and back to the universe"
    Philip J Connolly
    • Apr 25
    • 4 min

    "To the metaverse and back to the universe"

    Your invitation to join the DRN purple trade mission and secure your place at our exhibition
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    Rethink on Barriers
    Philip J Connolly
    • Apr 10
    • 3 min

    Rethink on Barriers

    Of course there are barriers and they are in the main real and even hazardous. But! But have barriers been overthought? For decades the word
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    "Touchyfeely": enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them
    Philip J Connolly
    • Mar 31
    • 3 min

    "Touchyfeely": enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them

    Enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them.
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    Semiotics of Disability
    Philip J Connolly
    • Mar 21
    • 4 min

    Semiotics of Disability

    Semiotics is the study of anything that communicates something. The anything is regarded as a sign and the something is its meaning....
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    Positively Disruptive Leadership
    Philip J Connolly
    • Mar 7
    • 4 min

    Positively Disruptive Leadership

    Finding leaders isn't difficult once people know what leadership isn't.
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    Preparing for Our Demise
    Nigel Niles
    • Feb 28
    • 3 min

    Preparing for Our Demise

    It is a bit strange that on the eve of building something new and important, that we should even be thinking of “demise”.
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    Mass Membership: feedback on our scenario planning 
    Philip J Connolly
    • Feb 21
    • 3 min

    Mass Membership: feedback on our scenario planning 

    We will become the biggest network for disabled people and those with a long-term health condition because you decided to join us.
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    "Creating our Own Weather" DRN's theory of change
    Philip J Connolly
    • Feb 7
    • 3 min

    "Creating our Own Weather" DRN's theory of change

    Rainforests occupy only 6% of the earth's surface but 50% of the world's animals live there. Why? Its because rainforests create their...
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    The Purple (Disability) Planet: The DRN Invitation and Challenge to the BBC
    Philip J Connolly
    • Jan 31
    • 4 min

    The Purple (Disability) Planet: The DRN Invitation and Challenge to the BBC

    David Attenborough was once asked, what gave him hope. He replied "the indomitable spirit of humans and the resilience of nature."
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    Mission Ignition
    Philip J Connolly
    • Jan 24
    • 4 min

    Mission Ignition

    The Disability Resilience Network is asking for two years of your free time, say about five hours a week.
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    The Book of Numbers
    Philip J Connolly
    • Jan 18
    • 3 min

    The Book of Numbers

    The Disability Resilience Network seeks to capitalise on the wisdom of the crowd.
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    The Inclusive Economy - The Disability Resilience Network (DRN) Goal   
    Philip J Connolly
    • Jan 10
    • 3 min

    The Inclusive Economy - The Disability Resilience Network (DRN) Goal   

    The DRN is a network and we are already welding national representation to local activism. Our evolving structure will allow us to conduct c
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    Tipping points for a mass movement
    Philip J Connolly
    • Jan 2
    • 4 min

    Tipping points for a mass movement

    Tipping point theory tells us how small differences can make a new reality or break an old one.
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    Cut through thinking on disability policy
    Philip J Connolly
    • May 24, 2021
    • 5 min

    Cut through thinking on disability policy

    Do you know the game called rock, paper, scissors? If you do you will recognise that a surprise is always possible.
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    The Book of Exhumations; spilling the beans so we can all smell the coffee
    Philip J Connolly
    • May 10, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Book of Exhumations; spilling the beans so we can all smell the coffee

    I have been involved in disability politics long enough to have a nuisance value, you see I know where the bodies are buried. I want to move
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    Releasing the Spellbound
    Philip J Connolly
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 5 min

    Releasing the Spellbound

    Mythology is near impossible to shift. The secret to defeating mythology is to have a more potent story from which to construct a new mythol
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    Thoughts from a Creative Disruptor
    Philip J Connolly
    • Feb 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    Thoughts from a Creative Disruptor

    I was recently asked by one disability activist what do you do once you have told your story. Perhaps your own successful story of...
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    The Rock and Roll Years
    Philip J Connolly
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Rock and Roll Years

    Last year I was asked by Sky news if they could interview me as a person with Parkinsons disease on what I thought the challenges would...
    13 views0 comments
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