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Our Head of Services, Rod Nadwie-Smith, recently celebrated his one year anniversary at SDN. When asked how he describes his experience at SDN so far, Rod shared three words – inspiring, motivating and authentic. “The rich history of SDN was one of the factors in my decision to work here. Our history is attached to the values of the organisation, which are embedded in our culture. It is organisations such as SDN that can stand the test of time, that survive.” When looking back over the last year, Rod shares that what he has most enjoyed about working at SDN is our ability to be large enough to have scale, advocacy and reach but still be small enough to feel authentically connected. “SDN is at the sweet spot of size and impact. We can still intimately understand our customers and teams, and yet make a positive difference to the lives of children and families every day.” While Rod continuously balances a demanding schedule, he enjoys the various opportunities he has to physically spend time at our services and see the lived experiences with children every day. At SDN, we have children at the centre of all decision making. This influences the decisions we make in our processes, for our workforce and also in the partnerships we form with external organisations. One of the key initiatives that Rod has implemented at SDN has been our new association with Woolworths at Work. “Partnering with such organisations that are aligned to the work we’re doing, who support our commitment to children’s wellbeing, learning and development and who share the same core values is really important.” Looking ahead, Rod is excited about the opportunities that SDN has to influence the sector and Government reforms. “We at SDN are privileged to have a voice in areas not only limited to Early Learning, but also on inclusion and how we support children at risk.” With the introduction of our new 5 year strategic plan, Rod shares that “it is a great time to be a part of SDN. I’m looking forward to building our contribution both in the sector and for us as an organisation, in creating an equitable world where all children thrive.” #sdnchildrensservices #staffprofile #anniversary

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Chaos! Last year when we ventured to start our own entity it was full of Chaos! Obviously in the beginning we had good deal of information on what we wanted to accomplish, and we were quite clear on our Vision. However, the market uncertainties and initial failures kept knocking us back to the wall! The most important thing what as a startup we did is - we stopped seeking too much of clarity of the situation and started giving our commitment to make things work! We learnt it in our way that "Chaos and Uncertainty are best friends of a Startup!" Which will make us thrive hard and give our best to excel in our goals! Who would have thought that - The idea which started on a causal coffee break! The plan which was jotted on a dinner table paper napkin! And the team who stood with me for a decade through the thick and the thin! All put together builds an entity and here we stand tall at the first milestone celebrating the First birthday of our baby – “Agnile Technologies”! Amazing! It was an action-packed year, nothing less than raising a baby where each moment was filled with surprises! every small stuff made us to feel the joy and every tiny hurdle made us to feel like climbing a mountain! But what we enjoyed the most is ‘The Journey Of Raising An Organisation!’ Now, at the end of year ONE! When I recap what we achieved? Our both verticals ‘Product House’ and ‘Service House’ are doing extremely great and It’s really satisfying as these accomplishments were done when the market is facing severe headwind with various Geopolitical & Technological uncertainties! We were positive in using the headwind and steering our organization to takeoff! Now it’s time to convert the startup into a scaleup! Stay tuned for lap TWO, And cheer for us! @Agnilers its celebration time! #Agnile #Anniversary #Godspeed

As we continue reflecting on pearls of wisdom collected over the last 30 years, we hear from founding principal David Strauss. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gEa7c2xN #anniversary #companyanniversary #institutionalstrategy #pearlsofwidsom

"The Laws of Lifetime Growth" by Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura was my favorite book to read upon my onboarding. Of the ten laws, I think Law Six best summarizes my first two years: ✨ "Always Make Your Enjoyment Greater Than your Effort" ✨ Everyday I get to serve wonderful, impactful, game-changing entrepreneurs by being my joyful, curious, and discerning self. My playful creativity and open heart has created value and connections with clients and teammates alike. 2 years of living in my Unique Ability with Strategic Coach, and many more to come! #Entrepreneurs #StrategicCoach #UniqueAbility

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This morning @yanceyvaldez asked me, “What’s your reward for today?” What a great question! I remember having a chart when I was in Kindergarten that was to show reward for accomplishing tasks. We got to put one of those foil star stickers when we did something well. Reward is an important part of progress! What’s your reward for today? 🌟 LINK Consulting - because NO ONE should be held back by obstacles they can overcome #thenextnow #overcomingobstacles #executivedirector #seniorcare #employeeengagement

This typically insightful post by my good friend Fodi Kyriakos really resonated with me. Some aspects of it (not surprisingly when you consider the context 🙈 ) jumped out. Whilst Fodi posted it as Monday Motivation, I want to address this part by way of #WellbeingWednesday 😁 Fodi wrote "he perceives it will be more challenging to compete with others younger than he is in the employment market..." And yet interestingly the day before Saira S. Arif 🍉 discussed her venture to give support for Interns This suggests there is work to be done regarding #PsychologicalSafety in the Independent/ #Consulting space - something these 2 wonderful people I mention are well placed to support, and I also humbly offer myself for mentorship and guidance where I can. Whilst the established "Big 4" Consultancy Firms have been around forever, at the other end the more bespoke offerings (including what we offer at SMR Health & Tech) are stil nascent and being embedded. The result as the sector grows is that few people are confident - and understandably. Commercial work whilst rewarding can be a bearpit and is acutely financially conscious. The impact? New entrants feel intimidated that the established players will have sewn the market up reducing opportunities Us oldies feel the pressure of more entrants joining the market at lower price-points and with limited reassurance that the companies actually value experience and not "well a clinical advisor is a clinical advisor; ticks the box for our pitches and slide-decks so cheaper is good" And amongst all this? Interns get sold "the experience is your remuneration - jam tomorrow for probono today" I can't leave this post without sharing one of my favourite stories - reassure your 50+ friend Fodi: A giant ship’s engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one ‘professional’ after another but none of them could figure out how to fix the broken engine. Then they brought in a man who had been fixing ships since he was young. He carried a large bag of tools with him and when he arrived immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship’s owners were there watching this man. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away and the engine was fixed!!! A week later, the owners received an invoice from the old man for $10,000. What?! the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything!”. So they wrote to the man “Please send us an itemised invoice.” The man sent an invoice: Tapping with a hammer… $2 Knowing where to tap…… $9,998 Effort is important but experience & knowing where to direct that effort makes all the difference. Back to psychological safety. No one is born with experience. The #HealthTech space needs MORE #clinicalengagement & we need to look after each another. There is enough sunshine for everyone 🌞

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