I enjoyed the opportunity to think about issues that affect my daily work but that normally don’t get any critical consideration because I’m too busy!Jim Bell, Ove Arup and Partners Ltd
Opportunity to play around with ideas, with others and think outside the box. Excellent realistic tools that can be taken back and used easily to encourage innovation.Sally Swift, Medirep
Characteristics of an effective team especially useful. Now understanding why teams I’ve worked on in the past haven’t worked!Alison Hart, Department of Work and Pensions
Good mix of academic view, solicitor and real life examples.Louise Wills, School Trends
Clear content, relevant. Learnt the importance of adding real value at the concept stage.Dave Hughes, BT Local Business
Had the chance to think about value in relation to supply chain of social services, think about collaboration in health and social care, about meeting customer expectations. Will consider new care pathways as opportunities to add value throughout the process of assessment and delivery.Janet Burke, Sheffield City Council
Brilliant presentation skills and methods of discussion. Very useful to begin thinking about potential changes.South Yorkshire Police
An interactive session which was excellent in challenging assumptions, thank you.Pamela Mathieson (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)
Great structuring of a fascinating topic made very easy to understandPaul Kincell (Chartered Management Institute)
Lots of practical ideas to inspire changeMaria Elliott, HR Manager, Maher Limited
ConsultIWP regularly hosts free breakfast and evening business sessions, designed to help local businesses survive the economic downturn by providing them with valuable industry-leading insight and best practices.
IWP’s 2nd Biennial Conference of Work, Well-being, and Performance will be held in Sheffield from June 29 to July 1, 2010. Please visit the conference website to register your interest in updates about the conference.
ConsultIWP, The Institute of Work Psychology, The University of Sheffield, Mushroom Lane, S10 2TN