What was the highlight of the past week? We are about to launch a newproduct called Talkit 2010, and I managed to persuade a local authorityto adopt it as a pilot scheme.
That was very satisfying.
What is the most rewarding aspect of the job? A sense of success whenyou can scope a project, then successfully deliver it to the client.
What is the hardest aspect of the job? To be honest, it's thetravel.
I might be in Wolverhampton one day and Ipswich the next. Most of it'sby train; need I say more?
Why did you start working in children's services? I don't want to soundtrite, but I wanted to make a difference to children's lives; to have amoral purpose. After university, where I studied politics, I went towork in residential special schools; eventually I was managing them.Pete from Big Brother, who has Tourette's syndrome, was a pupil at oneof my schools.
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