Videos

Book Club

Hosted monthly by Brendan Martin and the Public World team, the Humanity at the Heart Book Club isn’t just another book talk, it’s a conversation where ideas meet practice, with warmth, wisdom, and real-world inspiration.

Friends & Purpose with Maff Potts

Self-organisation

What is self-organisation and why are a growing number of organisations adopting some or all of its principles? What are the benefits and the challenges of working with self-organised teams?

Why self-organised teamwork?

Inspiration Workshop – 25th Sept 2024

Inspiration Workshop – 10th July 2024

Case Studies: The Newham Living Well Team

Here the Newham Living Well Team share their experiences of working in self-organised teams, following their pilot study in 2019 which was supported by Public World.

Working in a self-organising team

The impact of person centered care

Providing holistic care


Lasting impact as individuals

A relative’s view of Buurtzorg style care

Coaches not managers

IT needed for working the Buurtzorg way

How complex needs can be addressed

How is Buurtzorg different to traditional models of care?

Self-organising teams and the role of the coach

My role as care coach

Case Studies: Medway Community Healthcare

UK Nurses from the 2seas Interreg funded project Transforming Integrated Care in the Community share with you how nursing is different when working in a Buurtzorg inspired way.

Having time to care

Nursing How I Imagined It To Be

Transforming Integrated Care in the Community (TICC)

Here some of the TICC partners talk to Brendan Martin, founder of Public World, about the challenges of the projects, the best things about it and what, in hindsight, they would have done differently.

A conversation with Sue Wilson from Medway Community Healthcare

A conversation with Rob Howard from Medway Community Healthcare

A conversation with Peter Brook from Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

A conversation with Karen Curtis from Medway Community Healthcare

A conversation with Guillaume Alsac from Soignons Humain

A different way of working

A selection of videos highlighting how Buurtzorg Nederland’s model of self-organisation promoted a different way of working from which they grew from one start-up team to become the leading Dutch provider of community health care.

The true costs of ageing

Jos de Blok: Buurtzorg – could it work in England?

Jos de Blok receiving the 2014 Albert Medal

Jos message to Scottish teams

Five principles of Neighbourhood Care in Scotland

Neighbourhood Care in Coldstream, Scottish Borders – Testing the principles

Webex Series: Burtzorg Britain and Ireland with Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Webinar 1: Introduction to the Buurtzorg model

Webinar 2: The Buurtzorg Onion Model

Webinar 3: How self-managed teams work

Webinar 4: Developing a framework for self-management

Webinar 5: Organisational re purposing – the biggest challenge

Webinar 6: The role of the team coarch