January 08,
2009
– 9:51 am
Working with City and Islington College on the publication of their Strategic Plan for the next three years proved an education. Did you know that C&I are the largest provider of undergraduates to universities in England and Wales, for example? But for those of us who often spend time in the corporate (under)world, one thing really hit home – it wasn’t just the staff that were really proud of their College but many of the students were too. If you see young people wearing their C&I red lanyards in North London, it’s the College they belong to.
This sense of pride in belonging feels in contrast to some corporate organisations struggling with employee morale, pride, enthusiasm and motivation. Perhaps there is more to be learnt from education….and those that provide it, particularly those with Beacon Status on the Holloway Road….
The Strategic Plan pdf
August 05,
2008
– 8:58 am
I was talking to an old university friend about a potential new client last night and asking her opinion of what I could explain to her about them so far – what do they do? It’s an often repeated question.
She asked me how Upstairs had been introduced to them. I explained that the chain of recommendation had started with one client 8 years ago (2000, previous life) who had got in touch in the early days of Upstairs (2004) recommended us to his old colleague who had talked to us about one project that never happened in 2006 and then, she had remembered us last year (2007) and we are working for her and her team now (2008) and she talked about us to her old client who is now going to be working with us (to come) … I’m sure my friend wished she hadn’t asked.
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