Top tips

When you are using the donut tool, it’s best to start by thinking about a specific situation rather than trying to look at everything at once. Here are some top tips.

• Think with a person about how they want to be involved in completing the exercise/tool.

• Decide what it will take to implement what you have learned. Who needs to do what by when?

• “Core responsibilities” are things that must always happen.

• “Creativity and judgement“ are the things (sometimes new) that can be tried out to make sure the core responsibility is done in the best possible way from the person’s point of view.

• “Not our responsibility“ is not an excuse to ignore something but sets the limits of where we can become involved.