You can watch the presenters discussing their contributions [Opens in new window] to the seminar.

You can also see ideas from the day shared on Twitter [Opens in new window].

The benefits of agile working practices are more relevant than ever with the current economic climate. The notion of agile working extends beyond the traditional flexible working for individuals and aims to develop a culture that sees the public sector make the best use of its diminishing resources whilst ensuring improving and responsive service delivery. There is a significant desire across the public services to exchange knowledge so that practices can be shared, learned or improved, particularly in relation to:

• Reviewing existing flexibility in working arrangements;
• Reviewing/rationalising of expensive property portfolios;
• Introducing agile working practice through the use of ICT; and
• The inter-relationship between these key issues of People, Places and Processes

The seminar was aimed at Welsh Public and Third sector roles in particular:

• Change Managers;
• Policy Leads: and
• Key Professionals from HR, Asset Managers and ICT

Seminar outline

The seminar consisted of two showcase sessions:

• Mark Hooper, Indycube
• Norma Jarboe, WomenCount

And a choice of attending two of the following workshops:

• Rationalising Property Portfolio – getting the basics right
  David Sutherland, Bridgend County Borough Council
• The REAL Benefits of Agile Working
  Sian Hayward, Monmouthshire County Council
• Supporting Managers in an Agile Working Environment
  Jane Nyhan, Chwarae Teg

Where and when

Thursday 24th January 2013
0900 – 1300
Wales Audit Office, 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9LJ

Wednesday 30th January 2013
0900 – 1300
Bangor University, Bangor