specialists, HR, IT, business change and communication and marketing. As I work, I will look to train and develop your people’s skills, if that is one of your objectives.
I am also always looking for innovation and creativity in team management and have recently explored the use of mime to help team building.
As a professional services company, I normally work on a daily fee basis. My fee rates are and will remain competitive for the value being delivered. I am open to discussion regarding other arrangements.
‘In 2010 Jon provided a short technical review, with recommendations, considering two bids for the development and operations of a new Fiscal Stamp service. The scope of this review included IT, security, business process and proposed operational design. The client was satisfied with the review and has taken note of the recommendations.’
‘ ClG 2004-2010 – I have always found Jon to be exceptionally capable and very hard working. He has a high capacity for work, is productive and produces excellent outputs. He achieves results to time and to budget, and responds well to difficult deadlines.’
“Jon and I worked very closely for six months on a complex project. During that time he brought strong analytical skills and deep experience of technology outsourcing. He provided great advice and helpful insights. A strong, productive team member … and a nice guy too.”
I have helped many individual staff to develop their careers.
I am also used to helping
who are starting up small businesses or who may need support when problems occur in life.
I have been helping to setup a new standard for
, vision, business cases and requirements for the start of a new project, programme or business venture.
I can help you to find the team (people and suppliers), get the infrastructure in place (systems and processes) to make things work effectively and to concentrate on launching your project or programme for a strong start.
You may feeling uncertain about business development and the performance of various organisation units in supporting this. I can bring an independent view; a due diligence overview on which to base a any actions required or to improve confidence in any given department’s performance.
Facts are our friends – 90% of the time, looking at evidence will help to make progress before relying on opinion or views. Where possible, I like to put rigour into my work to use the information that is there to move forwards, or at least to put a framework in place to gather and analyse the evidence that is there.
standards and software tools where they help to get the work done. But I am and remain completely independent of any particular supplier product and services.
Although my company is small, I care passionately about sustainability. I endeavour to operate my company along sustainable lines – using collaboration tools to cut down travel and using public transport where possible to get to clients. I also support local suppliers and charities where possible, re-investing my own needs locally. I care about the social impact of the
, providing bespoke focused, direct help and advice throughout Devon, the South West, the UK, and in Europe.
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