TECHNOLOGY
Charles Ewen , Chief Information Officer
Met Office success . As such , a key part of the organisation ’ s strategy revolves around people . “ Within our strategy we have a plan to attract retain and develop our people and so it ’ s clearly very important . We talk about mastery , autonomy and purpose . Mastery refers to developing the unique blend of skills that we need so we invest strongly in training our people ,” he says . Indeed , Met Office has developed a variety of new apprenticeships and works to broaden its relationship with academic settings . “ We also try to create an exciting environment that people want to work in ,” he adds .
The Met Office has worked hard to forge a work culture which strives to do more . The biggest barrier to continuous improvement ? Sparking a cultural shift whereby people recognise the need to change . “ That can be tricky when you ’ re a world leading organisation at the top of its game ,” admits Ewen . “ However , because we ’ re an organisation full of bright and able people we can see where some of the future challenges and opportunities lie . Because of that , it ' s important to start to change ideally ahead of when you really need to , which is what we ' ve been trying to do .”
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