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SUMMARY:The Organisational Charlatan: Confidence Without Competence
DESCRIPTION:Our March talk will be given by Dr Marie Dunnion\, of the University of Birmingham School of Psychology. \n\n\n\nMost of us have met someone at work who talks a great game – confident\, polished\, convincing – yet somehow the results never match the performance. Marie’s forthcoming book\, The Organisational Charlatan\, calls this False Performance: creating the impression of competence without the substance behind it. In workplaces that reward image over evidence\, this can quietly spread – draining productivity\, increasing errors\, and leaving capable colleagues to pick up the slack. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Marie will introduce emerging research on False Performance\, including early insights from developing the False Performance Questionnaire (FPQ). We’ll look at how some people can seem highly competent even when the underlying skill isn’t there\, why certain workplace cultures make that easier\, and what it costs the rest of the team. She will also invite the audience to bring their own examples and questions\, so we can unpack why these “organisational charlatans” rise\, why they’re hard to spot\, and what individuals and organisations can do to reduce the impact.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/the-organisational-charlatan-confidence-without-competence/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
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SUMMARY:Listening to the experiences of women and birthing people to improve maternal health outcomes
DESCRIPTION:Dr Amy Delicate\, Qualitative Research Fellow in the College of Medicine and Health at the University of Birmingham \n\n\n\nWhen we think about healthcare research\, we often think about numbers — statistics that tell us whether a medication works or how often a condition occurs. While these figures are important\, they don’t always tell the full story of people’s real experiences. \n\n\n\nIn the UK\, some women and their babies — including Black and Brown women\, disabled women\, and those facing social disadvantage — experience significantly poorer outcomes during pregnancy\, birth\, and after having a baby. Statistics can show what those outcomes are\, such as higher rates of injury or illness. But numbers alone can’t explain why these differences exist when everyone is using the same NHS maternity services. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Amy will explore how listening to the voices\, stories\, and lived experiences of women and birthing people can help us understand the barriers some groups face when accessing maternity care. She will share examples from her research to show the power of qualitative (experience‑based) methods in improving maternal healthcare and ensuring better outcomes for mothers and their babies.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/listening-to-the-experiences-of-women-and-birthing-people-to-improve-maternal-health-outcomes/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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SUMMARY:Could fish slime lead to faster\, more efficient vehicles?
DESCRIPTION:Dr Paul Griffiths\, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics\, Aston University
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/could-fish-slime-lead-to-faster-more-efficient-vehicles/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
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SUMMARY:Oral Biology
DESCRIPTION:Practising dentist Hanni Mostafa will be discussing the science behind oral biology and its links to whole body health. Much in the news in recent years\, this topic will likely get all our audience self consciously thinking what they should be doing about it!
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/oral-biology/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
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SUMMARY:Understanding our local geology
DESCRIPTION:Professor Stuart Burley\, of the Warwickshire Geology Conservation Group is a vastly experienced geologist. He holds an Honorary Chair at Keele University and a practising researcher across the world. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Petroleum Geology and of Petroleum Geoscience. He will focus this talk on our local rocks\, perhaps including the fascinating quarry at Guys Cliff\, and the approaches to Warwick Castle.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/tbc/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
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SUMMARY:Understanding Website Hosting: Insights from Neil Batchelor
DESCRIPTION:Neil Batchelor\, who owns Encode\, the company that hosts the websites of Cafe Sci\, as well as The Leamington Society and the Leamington History Group\, will explain how hosting companies enable websites to work safely. Although many small organisations try to run their own systems they may well be vulnerable to security and continuity problems. Neil will outline the basics of how websites actually work\, and the interaction with the design of a site. You can expect quite a few surprises\, and have the chance to ask specific questions afterwards.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/understanding-website-hosting-insights-from-neil-batchelor/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
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SUMMARY:The Development of the Land Rover
DESCRIPTION:This is a follow-up session from our friends at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon. They provided a splendid explanation last autumn of the development of the E-Type Jaguar\, and what could be a better follow-up  than that of the Land Rover. We will provide details of the presenters closer to the time
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/the-development-of-the-land-rover/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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SUMMARY:The developing world of 3D printing
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker\, Rory Deely\, is a recent graduate from Loughborough University\, and is involved with several 3D Printing projects as well as building his own business in the field. He will discuss the principles of this rapidly growing technology\, with some practical examples that might make excellent Christmas presents
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/the-developing-world-of-3d-printing/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
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