Reflections

It's difficult to believe that we've been back in the UK for six weeks... just like in America, I don't know where the time has gone!

Last week, we had our first team meeting since arriving back in the UK. It was great to see each other again and it soon seemed like we'd never been apart. The meeting also had a serious purpose as it we started preparing for our presentation to District Conference in September. Suffice to say, we think it'll be a good one!

One of the objectives of the GSE is the application of the learning from the exchange back in the workplace. Today I did a bit of that, doing a presentation on the US system of local government and some of the conclusions I drew to the management team of the Department I'm based in. Thankfully they all found it interesting (or so they said - I think they were genuine as there were plenty of questions). I'm planning to give the same presentation at one of the Departmental seminars we hold from time to time.

James