Weeknote 1: What do we have here?

I spent a lot of time on dance floors when I was in my 20s and I have been jiving on and off since 2014. Sometimes you go to a night out in a venue you’ve never been to and you’re trying to find your friends either on or off the dance floor. Eventually you get yourself a drink at the bar, find a table to put your bag on, and stand there waiting for the next song to come along so you can join the fun.

I spent most of the week in very information dense check-ins with a few teams. Digital Screening Services has 13 teams working as part of 7 programmes of work. They are all differently shaped, have different goals and are at different moments in their disco to maintenance journey. I didn’t say much, took a lot of notes, wrote down a lot of new acronyms.

Every team has the same high level questions to answer but the way they answer them is unique to their circumstances. Those high level questions feel like they might be:

• Who should we select for preventative screening?
• How might we invite them successfully enough that they attend an appointment?
• How do we communicate results or next steps effectively?

But it’s early days. I might change my mind about that.

I enjoyed sharing some early impressions with my immediate peers James and Dan and my bosses Sarah and Lauren made time to welcome me in between meetings. I gave Giles a hug as I bumped into him near the lifts, I virtually waved at former TPXimpact colleagues who are dotted around the place, had lunch with Frankie, spotted some folks I’ve never spoken to IRL but definitely follow on the internet and had a too quick catchup with Joe who I will be spending a lot of time with.

That’s what this week felt like. I haven’t got a table yet, but I’m ordering a drink.