The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce awards showed me a different angle. I presented the Commitment to the Community award for the second-year running, an award BNU is proud to sponsor. I keep coming back to that pairing of words: commitment and community. We did not celebrate the organisations in that room for a single clever idea. We recognised them for showing up, again and again, for the places they belong to and people they serve. I think we often treat innovation and service as separate things, but that evening was a reminder that the most useful innovation usually grows out of a genuine relationship with the people it serves. It also reminded me how much an evening like that matters. People work hard for a long time before anyone hands them anything, stopping to say well done is not a small thing. It was also lovely to catch up, albeit briefly, with colleagues at University of Reading who also champion innovation in the region.
Professor Michael Green leading OFSTED training
I ended the week at the graduation ceremony for our partner, the Centre for Health Communication Research, on Friday evening
