Diary of a CEO: July to September 2020
Welcome to Rachel’s latest instalment of Diary of a CEO.
Listen as Rachel updates on the crazy last few months and gets honest about what an acquisition really entails!
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What went well?
01:20 A scientific approach to bidding and remote pitching
03:43 Difrent’s acquisition by The Panoply Group
07:04 Face-to-face meetings with staff and clients
08:15 Watching Nic Carney and Merissa Brown at the Socitm graduation and Rachel’s relationship with Socitm’s, Nadira Hussain
What hasn’t gone well?
09:40 The pandemic rages on and thoughts on building award-winning Home Testing service
10:40 Personal challenges with family members passing from Covid19 and illnesses ( To donate to Rachel’s fundraising for cancer treatment in the USA click this link)
13:55 Difrent’s Founder, Steve Dhillon, left the company
Focus for the next three months
15:18 Moving out of London after 20 years
16:00 Hiring permanent talent for Difrent and building relationships within The Panoply Group
16:45 NHS Jobs going live and new projects and new clients
17:30 Speaking events including joining Matt Hancock at GovTechSummit, MOD, how it’s all about people talking to people, and managing energy
22:10 Summing up the next few months
Music:
I dunno by grapes © copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque
Originally published at https://difrent.co.uk.
