AXELOS made waves in the IT service management (ITSM) community in late 2021 with the release of its highly anticipated ITIL maturity assessment tool. A new ITIL product is always big news, with the best practice framework for IT Service Management (ITSM) used by millions of people across the globe for everything from service management […]
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My experience of job hunting as a Service Leaver
by Michael Bowness, Project Controls Consultant Just as joining the Royal Navy was a big step, returning to civilian life was an even bigger challenge. Unlike the spotty teenager that walked through Lympstone Commando Centre in 1996, I was leaving the Royal Navy with responsibilities to my family, furthermore, I had a mortgage and bills […]
Fast track consultant: My view
by Luke Searchwell, first year FTC The i3Works fast-track consultancy (FTC) programme has provided the perfect opportunity to put my existing skills and experience into practical use while placing me in a position to learn new ones. Rotating through different business functions has given me the opportunity to widen my base of knowledge and experience […]
As The Rifles birthday approaches
by Martyn Hubbleday, principal consultant, 11-year veteran, 1st Battalion the Rifles As tomorrow (Tuesday 1 February 2022) is the 15th birthday of The Rifles regiment, I found myself reminiscing about the time I had there. It also made me think about how far I have come since I left the army and the journey I […]
Fast Track Consultancy: A Day in the Life
by Freddie Stephenson What does a fast track consultant (FTC) do exactly? Well, that depends. Depends on what? Predominately, it depends on what projects and clients you are working with, and problems you are looking to solve. For the past few months, I have been working with two of i3’s clients in our Business Change […]
Announcing our latest charities of choice
We are proud to announce our charity commitments for the next two years. We have become a corporate Jubilee Partner of The Tree Council: a charity and umbrella body with a mission to care for trees, and official delivery partner of The Queen’s Green Canopy. The Jubilee Partner initiative is a way for companies to […]
The sum of our parts
by Nora Harris, head of Assurance One of the aspects of working at i3Works that I’m most proud of is that we work as a consultancy, but operate as a family – and this includes our relationships with clients and partners. Since 2019, I’ve been consulting in Defence Digital, part of the Ministry of Defence, […]
Digital Transformation: The Discomfort is The Point
by James Marwood, head of Business Change and Transformation Digital transformation is the topic of the moment. Across the public and private sectors, organisations are looking to build and exploit new capabilities and increase the value of existing ones by increasing the take-up and use of digital, data, and technology. Usually, these are focused on […]
The Importance of Top-Down Communication
by Alice Greswold, second-year fast track consultant At i3Works, we value the importance of time. As Covid-19 has shifted our organisation to favour remote working, our calendars can get inundated with back-to-back meetings, making it increasingly hard to fit actioned work in. I was introduced to top-down communication by our head of Change and Transformation […]
Transferring skills from academia to consultancy
by Mary Goodwin-Trotman, fast-track consultant Making a career change is often a stressful time but having been on the Fast-Track Consultancy Programme at i3Works for nine months, the move has been a very positive one. I have already had the opportunity to work on some interesting client projects as well as delivering a successful virtual […]