Building resilience and capability: Shaping the future of Morgan Sindall Construction

For me personally, I think the learning between DME and Shaping our Future has changed the way I communicate and manage. I’ve always taken a holistic approach to everything I do, and I like to think I’ve got quite a strategic mind. The early learning – particularly around strategy, understanding your place in the market, and your customer offer – made a lot of sense to me, not because I was previously aware of it, but just because it felt inherently ‘right’. And so, part of the process of being involved in the Shaping our Future programme has crystalised for me that, that is what I enjoy doing and it’s what I think I’m quite good at – being open-minded, asking open questions, trying to find out information. It’s something I’ve always done in my role because I’ve got quite a customer-facing role, trying to understand what the stakeholder and customer needs are and translating those into something that we as a business then deliver. At a strategic level, the task is similar – it’s understanding your place, understanding the drivers affecting what you’re doing, and putting a key strategic plan in place to deliver those goals. That’s what I enjoy doing and I think it’s what I do well. Taking part in Shaping our Future brought that into sharper focus for me and that’s something I’m reflecting on going forwards.

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