Which is the best team in Transformation and why?
Culture Transformation Team of courseā
What is your greatest personal achievement in role?
Getting out of bed in the morning!
What is your Teams greatest achievement?
Getting to Union Street and home again without getting rained on
Best piece of client feedback you received that you will never forget
Being told you are brilliant, because you are!
What advise/top tips do you have for handling external scrutiny/audiences e.g. HMICFRS
Politely tell them to mind their own business - ONLY JOKING!!!!
What song would you pick that best describes your team and why?
Simply the Best - Tina Turner
Who is your most resilient team member and why?
All of you at some point - unflappable!
What were the biggest challenges or roadblocks the department faced regularly?
Running out of Tea and Coffee
What final messages or reflections do we want to leave behind?
A group photo - gather round!!!!
If you could change any aspect of the CRMP, what would it be and why?
Are you serious?! Susan and her awesome team did an excellent job, we shouldn't change a thing
State the most positive contribution of one of your colleagues and why - what can we all learn from this?
You picked me right?
What parts of your journey would you lift and apply in any future role/s
All of it of course, bar the endless un touched or cold cups of tea/coffee
What processes or practices worked particularly well and should be adopted elsewhere?
All of them!
What are your main stakeholder engagement challenges?
Being punctual for engagement sessions - its near impossible to navigate the nonsensical room numbering system at Union Street
What is your biggest setback/challenge and why? On reflection what would you do differently?
Don't be be too hard on yourself - we learn the most from our mistakes
How could you apply AI to your role?
Dunno - Ask Chat GPT/Co-Pilot
What knowledge or documentation should be preserved and passed on?
This one obviously
On reflection, would you change the Transformation tag line? "Delivering our future with you right now"
We should insist of adding a bit of Fat Boy Slim 'right here right now' whenever quoting it
Is LFB ready for change? What can we do to influence stakeholders to make change happen?
Yes indeed, we've read the policy, changed the policy, piloted the pilot and written a report on it
What is your biggest takeaway from working in Transformation?
THE LOVE IN THIS ROOM?
If not the contents of tea club - Thank you to the angels that keep this stocked
What is the worst LFB acronym and why?
They are all pretty appalling!
If funding were no option, what one thing would you do to improve LFB?
I think it will take more then one thing...
How well did we communicate/collaborate as a department? Is there anything we should have done differently?
You're on mute!
What is the best way to serve our communities and why?
All pretty good examples!
At the end of the day, the public pay our salaries so the correct answer is do your job to the best of your ability - its a privilege
Do you have any advice for working with our new Commissioner?
No but Sally Hopper has a secret loot of sweets & treats (under the plant) that can be used to negotiate terms