The BBC's former COO, Caroline Thomson, seems to be settling in nicely at the English National Ballet, where the word "interim" has been removed from her part-time CEO role. She also found time over the summer for a Civil Service conference, where, apparently without slides and notes, she explained how she turned round the BBC's project to move large chunks of output to Salford.
It was, apparently, a "basketcase" before she volunteered to run it; she fancied it because she'd just bought a house in Cumbria; says Greg Dyke didn't bother with Executive approval for the move, because he knew he wouldn't get it, and went straight to the Governors; and she finally got results by imbuing the team with the Dunkirk spirit. Those reviewing current BBC governance procedures might like to take notes. Try a couple of minutes from 8.26, and you'll get the flavour.
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