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The Danger of the Narratives we Use to Silence: Grenfell and the Rebel Residents

Published by Gill Kernick at August 24, 2020
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On the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy released a report 'Policy Lessons from Catastrophic Events' The report captures the output of a workshop held in February 2020, which focused on why we find it difficult to learn from Catastrophic events.

JMJ Master Consultant Gill Kernick, shares her insights about the narratives used to silence individuals meaning critical information is not used in making key decisions.

Published by the Cambridge Bennett Institute for Public Policy, who are committed to rethinking public policy in an era of turbulence and growing inequality.

In February, Gill co-hosted a workshop with the Bennett Institute focussed on why we fail to learn from catastrophic events and bring around change. The workshop bought together a range of different experts in a safe space. A report released on the third anniversary of Grenfell Tower Fire, captures the output of the workshop called ‘Policy Lessons from Catastrophic events. Narratives used to silence individuals was one of the barriers identified for the inability to learn from catastrophic events. (link to JMJ Sponsors Cambridge Institute Policy Lessons from Catastrophic events report)

Gill lived on the 21st Floor of Grenfell Tower from 2011 to 2014 and on the 14 June 2017, watched it burn. Seven of her former neighbours died. The fire killed 54 adults and 18 children.

Gill promised to do what it takes to ensure we learn from the disaster and speaks and writes about how we can prevent catastrophic events.

At JMJ we work with organisations to tap the tacit and distributed knowledge and intelligence of the entire workforce to solve complex challenges such as safety, quality and sustainability.

Read more about the narratives used to silence.

Read and download a copy of the report here.

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JMJ Master Consultant Gill Kernick, shares her insights about the narratives used to silence individuals meaning critical information is not used in making key decisions.

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I’m passionate about creating trusting relationships between executives and the front line. Creating an environment grounded in authentic care and respect unleashes discretionary effort and sustained impact on performance…core to this is valuing equality of life and equality of voice. All lives matter and matter equally and all voices count.

Gill designs and delivers bespoke change programs for large complex organizations and works as a strategic partner with C-Suite clients. She is passionate about developing leadership capability and culture and believes that the voice and tacit knowledge of the front line are strategic cornerstones for the prevention of accidents.

Her work in high-hazard industries focuses on enabling safety as a driver of broader organizational change. Gill has a significant interest in major accidents and is working to ensure the learnings from high-hazard industries are applied, following the Grenfell Tower fire (the largest fire in the United Kingdom since 1945, tragically killing 72 people).

Gill works across sectors including oil and gas, project management, mining and pharmaceuticals. The scope of her work ranges from executive coaching, to strategy and values deployments, to large scale strategic safety leadership and culture programs.

A sought-after speaker, she has been a guest on the BBC’s “Today†program. Gill frequently publishes papers, including for Cambridge University’s Bennet Institute of Public Policy and the London School of Economics. She hosts a blog ‘The Grenfell Enquirer’ to enable and encourage authentic debate and learning and has recently been commissioned to write a book on systemic change.

Her views are sought by civil servants, academics, regulators and policy think tanks. Gill is both a consultant and an executive coach – working with individuals and teams.

She attended the University of Natal with an Honors in Business Administration (cum laude) and is a qualified executive coach.
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