Published inWeb of Weeknotes·13 hours agoFortnightnote: 15 to 26 May 2023What did I learn? Two days at Cranfield for the last module of the Project Leadership Programme. I enjoyed David Denyer’s session on creating a resilient organisation, which seemed especially relevant to my work supporting urgent and emergency care. In another session, we were invited to look again at the “ 7 lenses of…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·May 14Weeknote: 9 to 12 May 2023What did I enjoy? Getting out of the building on Thursday with a rain-drenched tour of some 54North homes in York. I’m a non-exec director of 54North, which was formed recently from the merger of Leeds & Yorkshire and York Housing Associations. …Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·May 3Weeknote: 2 to 5 May 2023What did I enjoy? The Leeds hub for the new NHS England is starting to get busier, and chance conversations with colleagues are getting more frequent. I managed to cycle in on 3 out of the 4 working days, but got the bus on Friday when it was raining. …Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·Apr 7Short weeknote: 3 to 5 April 2023A short week because of the Easter bank holiday break, but I packed a lot into 3 working days. Monday In the Leeds office, a planning call for the week ahead on work toward our Product teams’ future operating model, an all staff call led by senior leaders to welcome colleagues…Weeknotes2 min readWeeknotes2 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·Apr 2Weeknote: 27 to 31 March 2023What did I learn? In a team “away day” in the Canary Wharf office with our executive director, Helen, and other members of her senior leadership team, we took some time at the start to listen to Professor Geoff Bird from the University of Oxford, before thinking together about the strengths in our team…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·Mar 25Weeknote: 20 to 24 March 2023Back to work after a much-needed week off, during which we attended the funeral of a family friend who died too soon. What did I enjoy? Spending every day of the week in the new Leeds office, including chance meetings with colleagues, almost like the old days. I was especially pleased to hear that…Weeknotes4 min readWeeknotes4 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·Mar 11Weeknote: 6 to 10 March 2023What did I learn? Three out of five days were taken up with module three of the Project Leadership Programme (PLP) at Cranfield University. …Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·Mar 5Weeknote: 27 February to 3 March 2023Call to action “If you were talking to a patient about how to access services, what would you say?” I joined a meeting with some very senior leaders, led by colleagues from the NHS England strategy team, who are doing a rapid piece of work to help us answer that question more clearly. …Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·Feb 25Weeknote: 20 to 24 February 2023Team get-together A long delayed get-together for the “legacy NHS England” colleagues in my Digital Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) team. As a geographically-dispersed team, this was the largest number of us all together in one place since I took on my current role in March 2021. Originally it was going to…Weeknotes3 min readWeeknotes3 min read
Published inWeb of Weeknotes·Feb 19Weeknote: 13 to 17 February 2023A calmer week than usual, perhaps because many colleagues were on half term holidays. Even so, writing these notes, I realise I packed a lot in. Also a return to the office milestone: for the first time I worked in Quarry House 5 days running. That was my personal choice…Weeknotes4 min readWeeknotes4 min read
