About Jean Gamester

I'm an Lead Educator & Associate Lecturer in Project Management, Leadership, Creativity and Research at the Open University. In Toastmasters I'm a Past Interna...

Jean Gamester's Work History
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International Director

Toastmasters International
Aug 2022 - Aug 2024
No description available.
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Interim Transformation Manager

Ameo
Sep 2019 - Apr 2020
Interim transformation manager for Ameo Client, part of a prorgramme to deliver a BW ERP solution in Finance, HR and Payroll across multiple local authories, delivering on culture and business change, engagement, business readiness, knowledge and training, target operating model and benefits realisation.
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Lead Educator & Associate Lecturer

The Open University
Apr 2019 - Present
Lead educator and author on BZFM304 Project Management Microcredential, as well as authoring for module teaching materials. Lecturing on strategy, leadership and project management on graduate and postgraduate courses B875 MBA Project, Leaders of Change M815 Project Management BB842 Sustainable Creative Management B894 HRM Dissertation B302 Strategic Management B329 Leadership in a Changing World
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Change Consulting

BT
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Development of future state agile business models for IT within the broader BT ecosystem, in collaboration with people across BT and their partners.
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Interim Head of Change Management Centre of Excellence

BT
Jul 2018 - Dec 2018
Delivering and developing an ADKAR and human centred design based change strategy and approach to drive engagement, skills development and change adoption across an extensive transformation portfolio for 11,000 people in IT, their customers and partners. The Da Vinci transformation involves organisational development and restructuring, culture change, service design, agile and devops implementation, evolving partnership arrangements, data insights and digital, automation, operational improvement and enterprise architecture evolution.
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Interim Data Transformation Lead

BT
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
Developing a customer service centred operating model for a 500 person data analytics and data science function working across the UK and Bangalore, India going through disruptive change, as well as leading a team of architects and data scientists delivering solutions across the full BT technology portfolio.
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Interim Head of Client Service

Imparta
Mar 2017 - Nov 2017
Leading the client service function for this firm delivering a global portfolio of sales and service training. Troubleshooting and driving change to improve stability, retention, productivity and client service.
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Interim Commercial Transformation Programme Manager

Aylesbury Vale District Council
Oct 2015 - Nov 2016
Interim leadership of organisation wide cultural change, restructuring, efficiency and income generation to save 5.1m. Strategic development and influencing stakeholders from cabinet and board through trade union and employee communications and engagement.
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Strategy Consulting Lead

Gloucestershire County Council
Jun 2015 - Oct 2015
working with Ameo Consulting to produce the change strategy and business case to enhance digital customer access and reduce total cost of ownership for the citizens of Gloucestershire
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Change Programme Facilitation Lead

The Storytellers
Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
developing the facilitation community and leading a team of facilitators to deliver a series of culture change workshops for over 1,000 managers in groups of 100 for a major retailer
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Associate Consultant

Open Limits
Aug 2014 - Mar 2017
Delivery of change consulting, strategy development, leadership development, learning interventions and workshop facilitation for a range of clients including BT, CLS, BCS, CIPD, HR Wallingford, ITSMF, Vodafone, as well as Henley Business School
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Interim Chief Executive Officer

Speakers Trust
Mar 2013 - Jul 2014
Leading the charity, acting as ambassador with funders, sponsors and beneficiaries. Running the operation, balancing the books and troubleshooting operational, cultural, systems and financial challenges, leading internal and freelance staff and working with the board to develop and drive our strategy.
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Transformation Manager

Hoople
Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
Brought in to troubleshoot, to drive a portfolio of change, as well as to lead and motivate a struggling delivery team. Brought control over the change portfolio, set up professional account management and commercial model for the service.
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Director

Semaphora Consulting
Sep 2012 - Mar 2023
Supporting clients on developing strategies for strategic change and implementing them successfully. Research in the areas of practitioner self inquiry and organisational change, using action research methods. - Collaborative research using tools like storytelling and co-inquiry to develop shared vision and make sense of change - Change consulting includes the development of change strategy, setting up for success, healthchecks, troubleshooting as well as change engagement. - Coaching and people development includes workshops, courses, keynotes, and learning groups alongside team and personal coaching. - My research includes working with organisations to discover ways of delivering change better, and ways of self inquiring to develop as a practitioner. Using storytelling, interviewing and creative inquiry techniques to work out actionable solutions together. Roles and assignments have included; - Associate Consultant, Ameo, with Cheshire Councils - Agile Change Consulting, BT - Interim Head of Change Management Centre of Excellence, IT Da Vinci Transformation, BT - Interim Data Transformation Lead at BT delivering new operating models - Interim Head of Client Service at Imparta improving how customers are served and the environment for staff - Transformation Programme Manager for AVDC changing culture and growing a commercial mindset - Interim CEO for Speakers Trust, public speaking charity, helping young people find their voices - Digital Programme Strategy Manager, for Gloucestershire County Council, developing a change strategy for the digital future - Transformation & Programme Delivery Manager for Hoople, helping a team in trouble to find their feet in a new organisation - Change consulting, workshop facilitation and research for clients including BT, The Storytellers, Vodafone, CIPD, HR Wallingford, British Computer Society, IT Service Management Forum and Henley Business School
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Programme Manager

Micro Focus
Feb 2012 - Sep 2012
Delivering productivity improvements to enhance the effectiveness of sales representatives and to realise more value from digital marketing campaigns. Delivering an in house framework for achieving sustainable change and leading business change project management team.
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Programme and Service Management

Buckinghamshire County Council
Jan 2008 - Feb 2012
- ICT service improvement programme manager - lean systems process change, cultural change, knowledge management, performance management, programme assurance. Improvement of Hornbill and SAP HR systems. - Transformation programme manager, covering organisational development and productivity workstreams. Provided board assurance and leading improvements to the transformation PMO. - Led business case development for internal and external back office provision to deliver savings of 3.6m. - Managed joint procurement for 5 councils covering ICT, HR, Finance and Property 450m shared services deal - Troubleshooting programme manager for failing social care finance transformation programme. - Social care and education systems services manager and technology transformation lead, systems Northgate, Liquid Logic and Capita
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Programme and Account Management

Sapient
Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
- Account management and business development for Vodafone UK and Ireland. - Vodafone.co.uk agile redesign strategy leader of a 30-person team based in UK, Germany and India in 6 weeks. - Interface technical testing manager, covering the release schedule for the Vodafone.co.uk eCommerce engine.
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Programme Management

Centrica
Jan 2000 - Jan 2006
- Head of intranet delivery, both the core SharePoint system. Procured and managed a 9m portfolio of change for 6,000 users worldwide, using outsourced agile developers based in India. - Programme assurance lead for organisation wide SAP HR implementation. - Led award winning separation project for Centrica and AA intranet systems when the companies demerged. - Managed suppliers Accenture, KPMG, Harte Hanks and Detica to implement SAS data warehousing, merging 60m customer records from British Gas and the AA.
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Principal Consultant

Geac
Jan 1993 - Jan 2000
- Design, rollout, training & support of global ERP solutions, covering finance, customer service and supply chain, to clients including Panasonic, Elizabeth Arden, Tyco and CHS. Sales and Pre-Sales for BI systems.
Jean Gamester's Current Work Details
Jean Gamester's Location
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Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Jean Gamester's Expertise
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I'm an Lead Educator & Associate Lecturer in Project Management, Leadership, Creativity and Research at the Open University. In Toastmasters I'm a Past International Director from Europe, Region 10, for 2022-24.
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OU Business School & MBA Lecturer, Toastmasters Past International Director
Jean Gamester's Current Industry
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Toastmasters International
Jean Gamester's Prior Industry
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Geac | Centrica | Sapient | Buckinghamshire County Council | Micro Focus | Semaphora Consulting | Hoople | Speakers Trust | Open Limits | The Storytellers | Gloucestershire County Council | Aylesbury Vale District Council | Imparta | BT | The Open University | Ameo | Toastmasters International
Jean Gamester's Education
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Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School

Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School Doctorate , Dprof, Organisation Change
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Toastmasters International, DTM

Toastmasters International, DTM Distinguished Toastmaster , Communications And Leadership
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Institute of Leadership and Management

Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 Certificate , Coaching
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University of Bedfordshire

University of Bedfordshire Msc , Human Resource Management
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ACCA

ACCA Certified Diploma In Accounting And Finance , Accounting And Finance
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University College Dublin

University College Dublin Ma, Ba , Economics
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The Open University

The Open University Diploma Of Higher Education Open , Psychology, Literature And Creative Writing
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various

various , Msp Practitioner, Itil Foundation V3, Prince2 Practitioner

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