Friday 15 March 2013

This week I have had the pleasure of attending not one but two award ceremonies – the first was for all of our staff who were nominated for awards for 2012 and the second was the health and wellbeing awards for Wiltshire, celebrating the efforts and achievements of staff, partners and community groups from across the county. Both were a humbling experience and served to remind me what dedicated and talented people we have in the organisation and across our county. The future is bright when you see such talent recognised.

The personal challenge I have had this week with the two ceremonies is avoiding the extra food on offer. I’ve now lost 32Ibs and counting...

All of the staff nominated for awards were winners in my opinion, but I was particularly pleased to see the Development Services team win the innovation & Transformation award. It has been a long hard journey for the team of 160 and it’s not over yet.

For a full list of nominees and winners please see the link below:

http://thewire.wiltshire.council/index/corporate-awards-2012/corporate-awards-2012-winners.htm

Speaking of innovation and transformation, I have this week been interviewed by The Guardian Public Leaders Network Zone for a piece on systems thinking and how it joins up with the wider transformation programme including buildings, new technology and most importantly leadership and management of people. You can read the interview here, and I would appreciate any feedback:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/vodafone-partner-zone/interactive/wiltshire-s-lean-thinking-transforms-service

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Thanks for reading and we’ll talk again in a week or so.



Carlton