Thank you Jeremy Pocklington, Permanent Secretary Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for leading our The Whitehall & Industry Group breakfast briefing on energy & net zero - covering progress so far & opportunities for collaboration & investment to come. Huge thanks also to Dentons for hosting.

What a fab evening The Whitehall & Industry Group Annual Interview. Thanks to Perm Secs Cabinet Office HM Treasury President Boeing UK & Ireland CEO Manchester City Council & Nuala McGovern for a brilliant discussion on geopolitics, inward investment, tech, net zero, skills & the power of diverse collaborative leadership.

Delighted to be working with great partners as Chair of the Global Research Council to establish an evidence base of the innovation generated by WorldSkills to benefit young people, educators, employers & policymakers #WeAreWorldSkills #ExcellenceAtWork

Cross-sector #collaboration is at the heart of this strategy from ⁦Department for Business and Trade⁩ Sharing intelligence on supply chain issues is key to risk mitigation on geopolitical shocks & to improve national economic security which ⁦The Whitehall & Industry Group⁩ will support. gov.uk/government/pub…

Huge thanks to UK Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce British Embassy Washington for sharing brilliant insights with The Whitehall & Industry Group on the UK-US relationship covering trade & investment, security, sustainability & much more. With many thanks also to Browne Jacobson for hosting this thought-provoking session.

Leaders from across sectors gathered at a roundtable convened by WIG to share how they have embedded greater innovation within their organisation and how that practice can lead to improved policy and service delivery.

Read more: wig.co.uk/blogs/cross-se…

WIG is committed to creating cross-sector learning opportunities for our members - including by fostering strategic dialogue, enhancing leadership capabilities, and encouraging sharing best practice.

As we wrap up 2023, see WIG's impact in the last year: wig.co.uk/blogs/our-impa…

Some great thoughts & insights on leadership from our new ⁦The Whitehall & Industry Group⁩ Chair Rachel-Sandby Thomas - gained from a cross-sector career across business, government & higher education ⁦University of Warwick⁩ #collaborationatwork wig.co.uk/blogs/reflecti…

Successful collaboration relies on incorporating the perspectives of multiple stakeholders. Learn different strategies to mitigate culture shock and harness the value of diverse perspectives in this guide based on WIG's Collaboration Playbook.

wig.co.uk/blogs/how-to-h…

Thank you Institute of Physics CEO Tom Grinyer for hosting a brilliant The Whitehall & Industry Group session on nuclear energy with CEO Great British Nuclear Gwen Parry-Jones - covering supply chain, investment, netzero, skills supply & diversity in leadership - all highlighting need for more cross-sector collaboration.

Just launched: WIG's tenth annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference will take place on 19 March 2024.

Learn more: wig.co.uk/events/2024/ma…

Great article ⁦FT Work & Careers⁩ getting to the heart of our work ⁦The Whitehall & Industry Group⁩ - enhancing leadership capabilities by working across sectors to help tackle complex national challenges for the common good.
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Researchers and authors of WIG's Collaboration Playbook, Ian Taylor and Nigel Ball, share the importance of having a language to discuss collaboration and the impact they hope the Playbook will have on leaders.

Read more: wig.co.uk/blogs/the-fund…

Brilliant The Whitehall & Industry Group breakfast from Clive Maxwell Department for Energy Security and Net Zero covering energy security, energy efficiency & netzero with great discussion incl. on need for cross-sector collaboration on investment, supply chains, skills & systems thinking! Thank you Mott MacDonald for hosting.

Thank you WorldSkills UK & WorldSkills for this honour & recognition of our work together - & alongside the significant contributions to the WorldSkills movement by Shane Mann & Michael Swan #skillschangelives

I look forward to working with our new Chair & Board of Trustees The Whitehall & Industry Group harnessing their skills & leadership experience to renew our mission to become an even stronger convening platform for cross-sector collaboration to tackle the complex challenges we face as a country.

Huge thanks Caroline Wilson 吴若兰 for a fascinating & stimulating breakfast briefing The Whitehall & Industry Group on UK-China relations covering education, trade, climate, geopolitics, soft power & women in leadership. Thank you also to Anglo American UK for hosting.

Great to hear from Department for Business and Trade Permanent Secretary Gareth Davies yesterday The Whitehall & Industry Group session on opportunities for economic & productivity growth in key sectors & from our cross-sector panel on how biz-gov collaboration is key to create conditions for trade & investment across 🇬🇧

Fascinating The Whitehall & Industry Group session today on responsible AI with Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Oxford Internet Institute & Microsoft UK - covering pace of innovation & regulation, trust, education & opportunities for #collaboration across sectors in UK & internationally. Huge thanks to Microsoft UK for hosting.

Brilliant The Whitehall & Industry Group breakfast with Frank Bowley from Unit for Future Skills Department for Education - with great cross-sector dialogue on mapping skills & economic opportunities, diversity, AI, green skills, trade skills & welding! Many thanks to Capita for hosting #collaborationatwork