It was great to welcome Martin Duffy, Chief Executive of the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), to ICW's offices in London today.

This was an excellent opportunity for our new CEO Frank Lee to get Martin's input into our new and ongoing initiatives. These will help ICW members demonstrate to key Service and Infrastructure providers how they are going beyond compliance to deliver innovative, additional value through effective structured collaboration that delivers effectively for communities and supports the achievement of sustainability goals.

Frank said, "Martin's input will be of enormous value to ICW's Members, and I look forward to forging stronger relationships with LCRIG and other key players in the highways sector." Frank and Martin then met with ICW's Chairman Lord David Evans for further discussions.

Introducing ICW's new Chief Executive Officer, Frank Lee

Frank took up the role of Chief Executive Officer of ICW at the start of 2023 following 32 years at BSI. During that time he held a number of roles including regional Director for the Northern European region, EMEA Compliance & Risk Director, and UK&I product Certification Director. While at BSI Frank was key in developing the ISO 44001 Certification Scheme.

He has been a fellow of the institute since 2014 and was the Collaborative Leader of the Year in 2018.

Frank brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to ICW and is a recognised expert in the field of Integrated management systems and in integrating the 8-stage model for collaboration into the ISO standard HLS structure.

We are pleased to have Frank as part of the ICW family and look forward to his continued proven leadership in this new role.

How can we build a collaborative culture - Babcock graduates rise to the (video) challenge!

Graduates at Babcock International were set the challenge of producing a video, for internal use, to show the benefits of internal collaboration. ICW has been given permission to share this video, "How can we build a collaborative culture", with our members and visitors.

 

ICW's CEO Frank Lee announces launch of new 'Strategic Marketing and Communications Team

ICW are delighted to report that Frank Lee, ICW's recently appointed CEO, has officially announced the launch of the ICW 'Strategic Marketing and Communications Team' (SMCT) - a new initiative combining the knowledge and experience of a team of experts, whose focus is on building the Institute's marketing and communications strategy moving forwards.

Frank confirmed his vision for the future of the ICW: a purpose-driven not-for-profit organisation with a mission to demonstrate the vital role structured collaborative working plays in delivering key outcomes, and with the objective of supporting our members and partners to:

• achieve better economic outcomes
• deliver social value benefits, including inclusivity
• support the achievement of their sustainability objectives

The SMCT has commenced a programme of work and activities, including building a blueprint for an exciting series of events that we will be initiating in the near future to support our members, taking ICW into the next stage of its development.

This is the first of a series of announcements this year from the Institute, as we drive positive change to support our members.

David Hawkins re-appointed to chair of ISO Committee

ICW is pleased to announce that David Hawkins has been re-appointed to the chair of the ISO Committee TC286 for a further 3 years. The TC286 Committee overseas developments around the ISO 44001 standard.

In their letter of appointment, the ISO Central Secretariat said "The fact of your re-appointment speaks to your demonstrated skills and abilities as chair of your committee, and your renewed commitment is greatly appreciated", and they thanked him for contribution to the ISO culture and its spirit of continuous improvement.

They look forward to their continued collaboration with Mr Hawkins going forward.

November Leaders Course Sets New Membership Level for ICW

Leigh Lawry, David Hawkins, and Paul Connor are pictured with the most recent cohort of successful candidates from the November Leaders course held at Warwick University.

All nine delegates passed the course and became MICWs which set a new milestone in the individual membership for the first time the individual membership has passed the 200 active live member's mark.

Congratulations to Jessica Green, Joanne Middleton, Tina Rowley, Jill Cressy, Mathew Darragh, Matthew Rumble, Theresa Nicholls, Richard Arthur, and Dominic Busuttil on passing the course and becoming the latest members of the Institute.

Professor Jane Lynch oversees opening of Cardiff University's Centre of Public Value Procurement

ICW's lead in Wales Jane Lynch, Professor of Procurement for the Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) at Cardiff University, hosted the launch of the new research Centre of Public Value Procurement on October 19th 2022.

The assembled guests heard not only from Professor Jane Lynch but also keynote speeches from Stephen Blakey, Network Rail's Commercial Projects Director and a Fellow of ICW, and Fiona Wood FCIPS from CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply.

Professor Lynch said: "This is an exciting year as we launch the NEW Centre of Public Value Procurement, it is an important milestone, aiming to bring greater focus on increased public value through procurement the research centre aims to grow and support the talent pool of procurement professionals in public, private and third sectors, aiming to bring greater focus on increased public value through procurement. By incorporating social value and well-being undertakings in public, private and third arrangements, greater societal benefits can be achieved through value-driven procurement and supply chain management activities."

Darren Rusling, Peter Felton, Mandy Peskett, Rebecca Collings and Bernhard Friedrichs here are photographed at Warwick University with Leigh Lawry, David Hawkins and Paul Connor.

The 5 successful candidates all passed the ICW Leaders Course with Merit and automatically qualified to become members of ICW.

ICW welcomes its new MICWs.

The Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW) welcomes the London headquartered international law firm Spencer West LLP as the first law firm to become a member.

Commercial and Corporate Partner Clare Waller, who is leading the initiative for Spencer West, commented "Collaboration is a key part of the way we work at Spencer West. We are looking forward to working closely with the ICW and exploring how the principles of collaborative working can be applied in the legal sector, and our partners will benefit from support and training from the ICW. As a firm we will further develop our collaborative working ethos, as we work towards applying the collaborative principles within the context of law firm and client relationships."

David Hawkins, ICW Chief Knowledge Officer, said "We are delighted to have Spencer West join our executive network. Their expertise will enhance the ICW community as not only is collaboration a fundamental part of their ethos, but also their lawyers have industry experience of the benefits for the whole supply chain that can arise from putting collaborative strategies and principles into practice.

"What is particularly exciting for us is that there is much to be explored around applying the principles laid down in the ISO 44000 family of standards to professional services, and we very much look forward to working with Spencer West within that wider context, as well as benefiting from the firm’s legal support so that we can extend the Institute’s offering to our members with a greater range of services."

The worldwide ICW Community is saddened following the passing of our late Sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our sadness at this time is shared by people across the globe, as we remember with affection and gratitude the lifetime of service given by our longest serving monarch.

We hold in our prayers and thoughts the members of the Queen's family at this difficult time.

May the Lord she served receive her in his love and may she rest in peace.