The Prevention Leaders Podcast
Substance Misuse Prevention and the Turnkey Revolution [#16]
18 min
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This episode explains the turnkey revolution and its benefits for substance misuse prevention professionals. It focuses on how prevention teams can set up systems and processes for consistent, effective, and orderly work. The episode aims to make prevention teams systems dependent rather than people dependent.
Key takeaways
- Understand the concepts of hard, soft, and information systems for prevention work.
- Learn to humanize processes and systems within your prevention team.
- Discover methods for creating core processes and a robust knowledge base.
- Explore strategies to shape your team's culture and build capacity.
- Find ways to improve teamwork and efficiency among staff.
Show notes
In this episode, I unpack what the turnkey revolution is and how it can help you in setting up your prevention team so that you have systems and processes set up for a consistent, effective, and orderly way of doing your work. Day in and day out, so that the prevention team is systems dependent and not people dependent.
I cover...
- Hard, Soft, and Information Systems
- Humanize your processes and systems
- Creating your core processes and knowledge base
I also share a way to help shape the culture of your prevention team, build team capacity, and get everyone working together effectively and efficiently.
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