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First latest publication, entitled 'Transitioning from Risk to Resilience', delivered in partnership with Fusion Risk Management Inc. and with contributions from a number of experts. The onslaught of the devasting impact of the pandemic, together with the global effects of climate change, has clearly shown that the traditional enterprise risk management models based on analysis of historical trends are no longer valid in isolation. Agile adaptation to changing circumstances in a new enterprise resilient management model is now required for organizational survival and success.

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ICW Chief Executive Claire Ward was the guest speaker at the Special General Meeting of the Employment Related Services Association. The meeting took place virtually on 11th December and was an opportunity to present the work of the ICW to an organisation where its members are seeing more need for collaboration and collaborative working. The membership of ERSA work across much of the public sector where commissioning is increasingly focussing on collaborative working.

This year's ICW Collaboration Awards, held at the Lansdowne Club in London and streamed live internationally, provided a great opportunity to share some of the great examples of collaborative working in action. Particularly in times of crisis we see how organisations pulling together can overcome many challenges. We are delighted to congratulate all those organisations short listed and to share the list of winners.

Industry Award: Babcock Devonport Dockyard
Supply Chain Award: Sellafield Limited
Public Sector Award: Wiltshire Highways Services
Defence and Security Award: RAF Hades Technical Support
Covid-19 Response Award: Babcock UK - Devon Air Ambulance
Third Sector Award: ATOS - ANTZ
Infrastructure Award: Area 9 SRN Alliance
Service Sector Award: MOD Modus Services
Social Impact/Sustainability Award: DIO - AMEY Defence
Chairman's Pathfinder Award: EDAROTH - Lambeth Council
Collaborative Leadership Award: Odilon Serrano

Video and further details available shortly.

ICW is pleased to have been able to work with the Cabinet Office and industry partners in the development of the Construction Playbook. This innovative policy document marks a significant step forward in supporting government departments and agencies to harness the power of collaborative working with industry to deliver better outcomes and value for money. We look forward to working with the Cabinet office to support its implementation.

Download the Construction Playbook here

ICW will be moving on the 1st December to a new address.

Our new address will be:

Evergreen House North
Grafton Place
Euston
London NW1 2DX

Telephone (Main number): 0203 691 1530

It is with sadness that ICW has heard of the sudden death of Bev Waugh.

Bev served for many years on the ICW Management Board as the Atkins representative. David Hawkins paid this tribute to Bev...

"I had many interesting and valuable sessions with Bev, and her strong support for the ICW was always appreciated. She was a super strong character with a brilliant mind that contributed a great deal to the Atkins-ICW community."

We send our heartfelt condolences on behalf of all the ICW community to her family, friends, and colleagues.

On 7–10 September 2020, ICW successfully ran its first classroom-based Leaders Course since the Covid-19 lockdown in March.

With an emphasis on safety, we have to give a massive thank you to our hosts at Scarmen Conference Centre, Warwick, for ensuring the strictest levels of cleanliness, social distancing and availability of PPE. All delegates have expressed their appreciation for the many steps taken to ensure social distancing and the highest levels of sanitation and cleanliness throughout their stay.

On the course itself we welcomed delegates from public and private sector organisations. Benefitting from cross learning, and the unique material of the course, we are pleased to say all delegates successfully passed our testing requirements and will be invited to become members of ICW.

Equipped with new skills, perspectives and contacts, they will return to their respective organisations to play leading roles in the effective adoption of collaborative working. We at ICW will follow their collaborative journeys with interest!

Thanks to all who joined our recent online session, which brought together both ICW members and representatives from a number of institutes and associations to exchange experiences and ideas as to what we have learned so far from addressing the pandemic. The discusison and input was both lively and informative around the challenges faced and how these may influence us in the future. Many examples came across as to how organisations had quickly adapted to harness technology and the value of their robust relationships both internally and externally in difficult times. Several common themes developed including the need for leadership to ensure they create the right balance going forward where home working may be seen to have economic benefits carried the risk of diluting both internal and external relationships, people need interaction. There was a focus on the need to temper the use of technolology and build trust both within organisations and external relationships so the technology does not become a barrier to effective engagement. Behaviours at every level had a strong focus during the discussions to ensure maintaining a work/life balance. The full recording will shortly be available on the ICW website.

We are pleased to announce our new relationship with Resilience First.

Resilience First is a membership organisation with the mission to improve urban resilience for business communities in the UK and beyond.

"In the 21st Century, building resilience is one of our most urgent social and economic issues because we live in a world defined by disruption."

Judith Rodin, Author of 'The Resilience Dividend', 2014. We achieve our mission through convening, sharing, developing and amplifying resilience best practice to enable businesses and their communities across industries to bounce forward in the face of crisis. For more information, please visit www.resiliencefirst.org.