38. Major Program Management Training in Government (Nick Borwell)

Managing major programs in government, such as digitally enabled transformations, requires different skillsets from regular project management. Projects that take many years, and enormous investments, are extremely complex. My guest in this episode has led, and developed learning programs to teach others to lead, major programs in government.

Nick Borwell is the Co-founder of Oxford8, a consulting firm based in London, UK. Nick is highly experienced as a major program director and as a leader of organisations facing complex challenges. He has operated in both the private and public sectors most notably in the United Kingdom’s Cabinet Office, defence and health. He was the Principal of the UK Civil Service Leadership Academy (CSLA), after which he developed the program for the Office of Civil Society’s Covid-19 volunteering effort. While Nick was an Associate with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) in the Cabinet Office, he transformed the UK Government’s capability and capacity for delivering projects. A key plank of this success was the development of the Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) and its associated programs delivered by Said Business School at Oxford University. He is currently cohort program leader with the MPLA where he has devised and delivered the first distance learning digital program. Nick gained an MSc in Major Program Management from Said Business School in 2011 where he is now an Associate Fellow. 

Nick Borwell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickborwell/

Oxford8: https://oxford8.com/

MSc in Major Programme Management at Said Business School: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/degrees/msc-major-programme-management