Better performance, efficiently delivered.
Current long term advisory Portfolio:
- Senior Advisor, Policy in Practice
- Advisor, Ideas Impossible Inc
- Associate Director, Connected Places Catapult
Previous long-term advisory
- Strategic Adviser, FutureGov
- Strategic Adviser, APM UK
Recent independent work:
- Critical friend advice to two councils who are proposing significant change
- Strategic Reviews of three charities providing services and leadership to local government, with repeat engagement
- Curation and facilitation of expert sessions on data and digital for elected members and senior officers of local authorities
- Strategic facilitation support to the board of a new local authority spin-out company, again with repeat engagement
- Workshop on approach to commercialism for trustees of a charity
- Board evaluation, Internet infrastructure company
- Facilitation of corporate management team to help them determine a new operating model following significant changes
- Strategic Advice for, four companies considering, or growing into, UK local government (not listed above)
Areas of Interest:
- Facilitating decision makers to resolve a strategic issue
- Evaluation of Board effectiveness
- Teambuilding/fixing underperforming teams
- Helping a senior player work through a specific change issue where they need a spare brain, a sounding board and some support – this includes the “away day for two” – a structured and intensive day to work though a large number of issues
- A focused and action-oriented review/report on a specific issue
- Go-to-market strategies for new propositions aimed at public sector/local government, and networking relevant contacts
- Executive recruitment advice and assessment.
Credentials:
- Understanding of how large organisations work – and change – from the perspective of the top team
- Board and top team facilitation throughout career
- Insights into how turn-of-the-century ways of working can be replaced by internet-era methods
- Active engagement with those building new public services
- Board evaluations e.g. at publicly owned commercial trading company and an internet infrastructure company
- Multiple consultancy roles at NatWest and at Veredus in particular
- Public sector sales experience at Veredus and Capita
- A wide range of useful tools, models and frameworks acquired through work experience and formal training/exec development