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| Particular highlights to bring to your attention this year are in section 2
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| * Top MBA team takes a fresh look at e-payments
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| * A BT Short Term Research Fellow examines Trust and the Young Digital User
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| * Leadership and People – Research at Columbia New York
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| * Where is the internet heading? Thoughts from Dave Clark, MIT
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| = Key Achievements =
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| == Top MBA team takes a fresh look at e-payments ==
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| R&V Contact Jeff Patmore Key Contact: BT Group
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| An MBA team from MIT Sloan, under the supervision of Henry Weil, Senior
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| Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, has recently undertaken a review
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| of BT's e-payment strategy. Daryl Dunbar, BT's Director of Portfolio
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| Innovation, acted as the client for this work and the resulting strategy paper
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| ‘Cashless?’ has been very well received in the business. The report reviewed
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| BT's current strategy and using the system dynamics model, produced
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| recommendations and a strategic roadmap for the company. MBA team projects are
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| one of the ways in which BT works closely with business schools on BT's
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| challenges and identifies next generation talent.
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| A copy of the report can be found here.
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| The project report presentation can be viewed here.
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| == BT Short Term Research Fellow examines Trust and the Young Digital User == | | == Spacious entrance way == |
| R&V Contact Sam Watkins Key Contact: BT Retail
| | L shaped with access to all downstairs rooms and stairs to upper floor, with underfloor heating and zone programmable thermostat leading, [https://samjwatkins.com/inaframe/source/HJgO2f313b6.jpg picture one] to |
| As part of her BT research fellowship Natasha Dwyer, from Victoria University
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| in Australia, has been exploring the significance of trust in young people’s
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| interactions with digital services. She has also looked at how younger people
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| perceive value in digital communications, and has produced some very
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| interesting results. Natasha spent some time with us last year at Adastral
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| Park as part of an Australian Government funding scheme and has maintained
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| this relationship via the research fellowship. Her conclusions around trust
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| and empathy have opened up our understanding in this area. With the company’s | |
| drive to move to a position where the majority of our relationships are
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| online, understanding how young users of digital services are building
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| relationships of trust is absolutely key. Copies of these reports have been
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| passed to BT Retail consumer. She continues to work with us and is currently
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| collaborating with UK Research people on a trust project in Australia. (for
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| more on this contact Sam Watkins).
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| == Rebecca Henderson - workshop, Judge Business School (Cambridge) == | | == Gym, 12'x7'2" (8m<sup>2</sup>) == |
| R&V Contact Jeff Patmore Key Contact: General
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| On the 8th November 2007, BT invited world leading strategist Rebecca
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| Henderson to Judge Business School as a guest speaker to the Centre for
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| Competitiveness and Innovation at the University of Cambridge. Usually based
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| at MIT Sloan, Boston MA, Rebecca has had many years as a top researcher,
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| engineer and strategist focusing on innovative business. As a result, the
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| discussion was applied directly to the changes BT is going through as it
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| changes to the 21st century network. The audience consisted of 16 senior BT
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| people from across the business. By using that diversity and energy, Rebecca
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| allowed the audience to examine how innovation may be turned into profit. The
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| day considered two aspects which are involved in changing a company's core
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| business: the management of existing revenue sources and the creation of the
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| new market opportunities. There's a lot to do in a transformation as the
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| business changes its direction. As a result, it is often necessary to ask what
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| is really essential for that business. Once the strategy has determined what
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| must be kept, Rebecca's experience in a wide variety of market places allowed
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| the audience to understand the fundamentals of motivation and reward.
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| Successful firms manage maturity and discontinuity in balance as a company
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| changes its core business, the people working in the new and the old sectors
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| need to understand how they contribute to the business and that their
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| contributions are essential. This ensures success for the incumbent money
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| earner and the potential new revenue generator and means no one should feel
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| insecure in their future with the company. The Strategic Research team
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| immediately recognised core principles in the strategy and approach, which BT
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| could adopt to improve its own internal innovation management processes.
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| Rebecca asked each member of the audience two things they were taking back to
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| their office: the resultant community has committed to meet regularly to
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| ensure the energy and understanding is maintained and distributed throughout
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| BT.
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| The whole day was tailored around BT and the audience in the room. As such,
| | == Lounge, 30'8" x 18'3" (52m<sup>2</sup>) == |
| the audience was completely focused on what 21 CN was and how the company
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| could meets its strategy in the up coming months.
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| == Leadership and People – Research at Columbia New York == | |
| R&V Contact Jeff Patmore
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| Key Contact: Ann Beynon
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| The Centre for Work-Life Policy (CWLP) undertakes research and works with
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| employers to design, promote, and implement workplace policies that increase
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| productivity and enhance personal/family well-being. CWLP is committed to
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| promoting policies that enable individuals to realize their full potential
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| across the divides of gender, race and class.
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| CWLP recently completed their latest research which examines the phenomenon of
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| "extreme jobs" (jobs involving long working hours and key responsibilities).
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| This is the latest report in a series which has included "Off Ramps and On
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| Ramps" and "Global Multicultural Executives and the Talent Pipeline". (BT
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| Today article) Ann Beynon, Director of Wales, is the principle investigator or
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| research lead for BT. Her counterpart in Columbira University, New York, is
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| Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and founding president of the Centre for
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| Wife-Life Policy.
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| As well as BT funding this piece of social research, there are numerous other
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| sponsors.
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| Further details of the programme may be found here.
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| == Where is the internet heading? Thoughts from Dave Clark, MIT ==
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| R&V Contact Keith Everard
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| Dave Clark, Senior Research Scientist The end-to-end argument in today's
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| world: Do we have to destroy the principle to save it? Dave Clark, a member of
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| the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, presented to the arguments
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| for and against end-to-end technology in the future design of internet | |
| applications to an open audience at Adastral Park in February 2007. Is it time
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| to re-invent the Internet?
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| Dave Clark from MIT presented on the current and future internet issues, such
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| as security, network management, and the economic health of the communications
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| industry, to an audience at the Old Refectory, University College London in
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| March 2007. The talk also included the US National Science Foundation’s Future
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| Internet Design (FIND) research programme. To watch this talk and to access
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| the slides, please click here. Issues with today's Internet Architecture and
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| the NSF plans to fix it
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| In an article in January's MIT Technology Review, MIT's Dave Clark discusses
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| major issues with today's Internet architecture and introduces a proposed
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| $300M National Science Foundation programme to defining the future
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| architecture of the next digital superhighway which will replace it. To read
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| more on this, click here. Dave heads the MIT Communication Futures Programme,
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| a key industry-academic collaboration with which BT is closely involved.
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| == BT forms centre for Major Programme Management in Saïd Business School ==
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| On 22nd November, BT joint funded a new centre focused on teaching and
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| research in major programme management. The BT Centre for Major Programme
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| Management in Oxford is the first of its kind in the world. It brings together
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| the expertise within the Saïd Business School and the broader University of
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| Oxford, and eminent practitioners from the global business community to
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| facilitate "major programme" managers. Major programmes are suites of projects
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| that together cost more than $1 billion (£485m) and last at least five years.
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| They include large-scale IT, construction and aeronautical projects, and major
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| events such as the Olympics. Typically their outcome affects millions of
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| people.
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| Further details may be seen at “BT Today”.
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| == How can we measure trust? ==
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| BT Contact: Keith Everard and Piotr Cofta Key Client: Mobility
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| Natasha Dwyer is a second year PhD student and lecturer based at Victoria
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| University, Australia. As part of her PhD she is working with Piotr Cofta from
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| BT's Mobility Research centre, examining how trust is established through the
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| digital medium. Natasha's work focuses on how humans trust one another in
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| their day to day business dealings and personal relationships via digital
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| interfaces. The basis on which we choose to trust another relies on
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| information regarding whether we obtain a feeling of continuation about the
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| individual (i.e. have they been part of this business for a long time; are
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| they going to be around in the future), whether their motivation is similar to
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| our own and are they competent in this area. Intrinsically humans value
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| continuity more than competence! But all trustworthiness is based on a sliding
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| scale whether it is towards an individual or an institution. These three
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| classes of evidence are well established in terms of examining whether trust
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| has been formed. However, studying these in a fully immersed environment is
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| unique and this is where Natasha and Piotr's differs from previous research.
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| Full details of this report may be found here.
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| = Key Engagements = | | == Guest toilet, 5'5" x 4'4" (2.14m<sup>2</sup>) == |
| == Top Ipswich student turns her hand to BT ==
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| R&V Contact Jeff Patmore
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| Jia Yan Gu is an exceptional local (Ipswich) student studying for an
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| Engineering Masters at Cambridge. She was selected to spend her third year at
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| MIT on their undergraduate research programme (UROP), as part of the Cambridge
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| / MIT programme. Only the very best MIT students are selected for the UROP
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| programme so this selection is exceptional. She completed her second BT summer
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| placement in 07/08, conducting research with some of our leading researchers
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| at Adastral Park where she continued to build relationships at BT. Jia Yan was
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| born in Shanghai, she moved to UK when she was 5. She grew up in Ipswich and
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| went to Ipswich School and Colchester Royal Grammar School. Her interests are
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| sports, music, charity fundraising, teaching (photography instructor for 9
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| weeks at a camp for developmental disabilities) and travel. Following
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| exceptional feedback on her internship at BT we approached her to see if she
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| would be interested in joining BT. Following discussions with Research and
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| Venturing, Jia-Yan starts work in September as a Graduate entrant in Ben
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| Azvine’s research team in GCTO.
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| == A study into Obsolescence in the ICT Industry ==
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| R&V Contact Keith Everard
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| BT has a great reputation for its corporate social responsibilities, but the
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| sustainability team in BT were concerned about the level of obsolescence that
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| appears to be inherent in many ICT products.
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| Several Universities were approached regarding a short term study into this
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| problem and a Chinese Student from the UCL Telecommunications Masters course
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| was commissioned to
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| conduct an 8 week study. The objectives of this initial study were to map the
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| ICT industry, identify the key factors and interdependencies and explore the
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| human drivers. The student presentation and subsequent comprehensive report
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| impressed the internal client so much that they passed her CV onto BT's China
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| office with a personal recommendation. Based on this report a second stage
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| study is being planned, picking up on some of the key factors identified in
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| this report.
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| The original project brief is available here.
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| The final report is available here.
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| == Visit by China Netcom Senior Team == | |
| R&V Contact: Jeff Patmore Key Client: Bill Lam, Country Manager, NEA, BT GS
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| Bill Gao, General Manager, BT GS
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| When the Vice President of China Netcom Group Corporation (CNC) and his
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| General Managers visited BT in May 2007, they asked if they could spend a day
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| at Cambridge University seeing how BT works with both faculty and students. On | |
| the day, the group attended presentations from the Centre for Competitiveness
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| and Innovation at the Judge Business School (Judy Swan), a presentation on the
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| Engineering Design Centre by the 2006 BT Scholar Malia Kilpinen, and a
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| presentation by Mark Mann, the current BT Scholar, on his interaction with BT
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| and his research enhancing the resolution of an electron microscope using nano
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| technology. As the group had unfortunately lost their translator, another of
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| the BT sponsored students, Li Lin, was kind enough to translate for our
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| Chinese visitors while also presenting on his work for BT. The Vice President
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| Huo Haifeng, who had only recently joined CNC, explained how much he had
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| enjoyed his visit to Cambridge, and how impressed he was with both the
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| excellent research and also the close working relationship that obviously
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| existed between BT and the University of Cambridge.
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| == Industry vision review ==
| | Triple glazed windows to front, and a triple glazed french door and windows to back garden. |
| Industry Vision has been running as a high level, invitation-only programme in
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| Commercial & Brands for the last 3 years. The programme seeks to engage with
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| key contacts in BTGS UK client base, those already in senior positions or
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| identified by their organizations as "rising talent". Previous years events
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| have included elements such as an after-dinner talk by Sir Richard Dearlove,
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| ex-head of MI6 and Master of Pembroke College and a 5 day study tour to UC
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| Berkeley and Stanford. The programme is led by Chris Amos (BTGS). This year's
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| series of events was launched at Tanaka Business School, Imperial College on
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| Tuesday 18 September, with following events in October, December and January.
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| The unifying themes this year are around the Global Economy, Leadership and
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| Innovation. The topics are explored directly with academics who have
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| significant experience in these areas and who are at the forefront of engaging
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| with businesses to help them understand and engage with current and emerging
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| trends. The first four events have been really well received. The speakers
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| have come from a variety of businesses as well as academia talking to an
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| audience from companies as diverse as AstraZeneca, BP, Network Rail, Co-op and
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| Cameron. By combining traditional presentations with work shop style
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| exercises, these events go beyond simple networking to a deeper understanding
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| of each others visions for the future.
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| = Key Communications Activities =
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| == BT partners with Microsoft to sponsor the Centre for Information Technology
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| Research in the Interests of Society (CITRIS) Europe Research Symposium. ==
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| BT Contact: Keith Everard Key Client: BT Group
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| On the 11-12 July 2007, BT sponsored the annual European Research Symposium of
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| CITRIS (The Centre for Information Technology Research in the Interests of
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| Society) - the University research institute funded by the State of California
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| to solve society's grand challenges by the application of ICT. The symposium
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| brought together leading researchers from the University of California
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| (Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa Cruz campuses) with UCL, Imperial College
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| and Cambridge, along with representatives from 9 other universities and 7
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| industry research organisations from across Europe. A keynote speaker at the
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| event was Steve Wright, Head of Strategic Research in BT Group R&V, who spoke
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| about Innovation and the Service Economy. While Susan Morgan, BT
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| Sustainability Manager, represented BT on the Panel Discussion on the Social
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| Impacts of Technology. Other sessions addressed innovation, the service
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| economy
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| and the impacts of technology on society. There was also a session devoted to
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| the emerging 'science of services'. The second day was structured around a
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| series of more focused workshops ranging from the "Impacts of IT on Medicine"
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| to the "Intersection of Art and Technology". Guest invites were extended to
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| key BT customers and their government colleagues. The event was very highly
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| rated by the attendees.
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| The full agenda, as well as copies of the slides presented, are available
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| here.
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| == Tapping into social networking. ==
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| Key contact: Jeff Patmore Many have been speaking of the power of Social
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| Networking. On 20th February BT Today featured an article by Jeff Patmore and
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| team on how an article was produced through direct collaboration through an
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| externally hosted wiki. Google search “is the web the ultimate social network”
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| leads to the BT article. The collaboration brought together university
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| researchers, BT researchers and domain experts. It has shown how tacit
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| knowledge can be turned into explicit knowledge via web 2.0 tools. The article
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| has stimulated new conversations with key partner companies and allowed us to
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| raise the profile of BT in areas not generally associated with us. The use of
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| web 2.0 tools to enhance our competitiveness is a continuing area of research.
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| = Strategic Research Programme =
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| == Network Transformation ==
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| BT Lead: Don Clark Network Transformation's Vision is of a radical, fibre-rich
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| architecture that significantly reduces capital and operational costs. It will
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| transport all services, including real-time services that require guaranteed
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| quality of service, over a common network supporting intelligence capabilities
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| that can be easily accessed from applications to drive service innovation.
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| Essex Study into Alternative Street Powering Strategies
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| BT Lead: Keith Everard, Don Clark and Martin Yates Key Client: Network
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| Transformation
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| Professor Stuart Walker has been commissioned by Don Clarke on behalf of BT
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| Openreach to undertake a short study into the provision of power supplies to
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| active electronics located in the Access Network. This study is at the
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| specific request of our LOB clients who have been actively involved in
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| defining the detailed project brief. The emphasis will be on identifying how
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| Openreach can:
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| * Achieve World Class whole life costs.
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| * Obtain acceptable initial capital costs.
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| * Obtain power supplies from “renewable” or innovative sources independent of
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| the public mains supply.
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| * Be protected from power supply failures.
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| * Achieve cost effective in-life maintenance regimes.
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| * Make efficient and cost effective use of energy.
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| * Minimise waste products that may be difficult or expensive to dispose of at
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| end of life.
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| * Plan for future investments by understanding powering technology
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| 'timelines'.
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| This will be the first formal engagement with the Universities new Department
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| of Computing and Electronic Systems, which was formed in October 2007 by
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| combining the previous Computer Science and Electronic Systems Engineering
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| departments.
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| Download Stuart Walker's study here. (For more on this contact Keith Everard)
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| Wireless mesh networks
| | There is easily room for an additional room for a second 6 seater table for entertaining. |
| BT Contact: Bob Briscoe Key Client: Network Transformation
| | [https://samjwatkins.com/inaframe/source/HJgO2f313b3.jpg Picture one][https://samjwatkins.com/inaframe/source/HJgO2f313b4.jpg Picture two] [https://samjwatkins.com/inaframe/source/HJgO2f313b5.jpg Picture three][https://samjwatkins.com/inaframe/source/HJgO1j363g5.jpg Picture four][https://samjwatkins.com/inaframe/source/HJgO1j363g3.jpg Picture five]. |
| As a final piece from CMI, Jon Crowcroft of Cambridge University has recently
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| published a number of key papers around the area of wireless mesh networks.
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| This research output is the result of a 3 year programme of collaborative
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| activity with MIT, Oxford and UCL and breaks new ground in a number of areas.
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| * A new architecture for wireless mesh networks - December 2006.
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| * Applying opportunistic coding protocol to a wireless mesh network.
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| * Building an ecosystem for innovation in wireless broadband architectures.
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| * Managing shared access to a spectrum commons.
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| * Network Coding' in wireless networks.
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| * A technical look at Network Neutrality.
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| = Global Services Vision Programmes =
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| == Vital Vision holds annual MIT/Harvard session ==
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| Key Contact: Steve Whittaker Key Client: BT Global Services
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| Vital Vision, managed by Trazie Flynn (BTGS) and now in its 5th year, is BT
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| Government's flag-ship executive engagement platform. The annual programme
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| follows a structure of the form
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| * 5 day study tour at MIT and Harvard
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| * 5 day study tour at UB Berkeley and Stanford, including breakout site visits
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| * Workshops and meetings at UK universities such as Cambridge and Imperial
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| College
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| Its attendees are CEO’s from areas as diverse as the Scottish Prison Service
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| and Directors of the Ministry of Defence as well as Chief Executive of the
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| London 2012 Olympic DCMS. The 2007 cadre, drawn from across national, regional
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| and local government, recently spent a week in Cambridge MA meeting with
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| faculty from MIT and Harvard on areas such as communication and leadership.
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| One highlight of the week was a private, mini open-house at the MIT Media Lab
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| for a group of 40 BT and government executives.
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| == Feedback from 2007-2008 events ==
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| There have been two 5 day study tours based respectively in MIT and Harvard
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| and University Berkeley and Stanford and workshops and meetings at UK
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| university such as Cambridge and Imperial College. The response from these
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| events is as follows:
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| * Absolutely Excellent, Brilliant. (NHS)
| | == Laundary area and generous double garage, 20'x 16'7" (30.8m<sup>2</sup>) == |
| * I am deeply appreciative & aware of the privilege and delight of this week
| | Built in sink and plumbed in washing machine and condensing tumble dryer. Wall hanging heat pump central heating distributer. Fuse box complaint with 2022 regulations. |
| as well as the learning professional development opportunities - incredible.
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| (C.E.L)
| | Four LED lights ensure usage throughout the year. Water softener and 300 litre hot water tank with solar diverter. Range of shelves and remote controlled garage doors. Solar panel meter and solar power diverter. |
| * This has been the best event of this kind that I have ever taken part in.
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| (NHS)
| | Featuring high powered electric vehicle charging point and second low powered one. |
| * Excellent, First Class Speakers and very important topics. (MoD)
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| * A superb event, astonishing amount of information and learning in an amazing
| | Softened water provided to sink unit, mains water to the washing machine. |
| environment. (North Derbyshire DC)
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| * This blew me away. It has been one of the most rewarding and enjoyable weeks
| | Full service history available for the air sourced heat pump. Lockable door to rear garden. |
| of my life. Extremely far sighted of BT to do this. (MoD)
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| * Excellent program and arrangement … providing a stimulating experience.
| | = First floor = |
| (London Fire Brigade)
| | [https://samjwatkins.com/images/floorPlans/214420.jpg Architects drawings] - not quite what was realised. Single upstairs zone for central heating, controlled by wifi programmable thermostat. |
| == Partner vision review == | | |
| Partner Vision is one of the key corner-stones of the BTGS ‘Partner of Choice
| | == Landing == |
| Programme', please see here. Its focus is “partnering development” and Partner
| | With two triple glazed windows to rear and built in cupboard and craft area 11'4" x 7'2" (7.7m<sup>2</sup>, excluding cupboard). Wifi programmable radiator and wifi programmable zone thermostat. |
| Vision is the first series of its kind for CxO's, rising stars, key
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| influencers, life long learners and agents of change in the System Integrator
| | == Master suite == |
| community. The series has been managed by Mary Compton (BTGS). The partner’s
| | a comfortable room to prep for, or unwind from, a productive day, featuring |
| tend to be from the computer and technology space, including telecommunication
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| equipment providers. The events are held every four months and tend to be
| | === Lobby area, 7'x4' (2.6m<sup>2</sup>) === |
| spread over a five day period. For 2007-2008, the autumn event was held in
| | (measurement is the walkway, excluding the cupboard space). Comfortable walkway featuring a bench, mirror, separately controlled light and LED lit double wardrobe leading to |
| MIT’s Sloan Business School, Media Lab and Harvard where-as the summer one in
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| China was split between Tsinghua, Guanghua as well as various Chinese
| | === Bedroom 1, 24'4" x 18' (40m<sup>2</sup>) === |
| Telecomms companies and Bejing Olympic headquarters. Feedback from the
| | With four further wardobes, all LED lit, three three-drawer units and two bedside units. South facing double glazed French doors with a balustrade hosts a comfy sitting area with table. Pair of central LED lights and two led wall lights. Two wifi, separately programmable thermostat radiators. TV point and good range of sockets, including 4 usb charging points. |
| participants is included below.
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| * I found the whole event to be positively thought provoking, enjoyable and,
| | === En-suite shower room, 12'4"x5'6" (6.3m<sup>2</sup>) === |
| in particular the visit to MIT, inspirational (with a hint of depression at | | Fitted by Anglia factors, floating combination toilet and bidet, jack and jill sink units with built in storage and walk-in shower unit. Softened water to all units. Programmable heated towel rail. Dual aspect triple glazed feature window to rear and double glazed velux to east with blind. |
| how young those guys where!).
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| * I just wanted to say thank you for inviting me to the Partner Vision event
| | == Bedroom 2, 17'2" (into dormers) x 13' (20m<sup>2</sup>) == |
| in Boston this week. It was an outstanding four days and is quite unique. I do
| | Dual aspect triple glazed dormers to rear and front, two wifi separately controlled programmable radiators, triple fitted wardrobes and built in desk. Two bedside tables. Own loft space and en-suite. Space for arm chair and desk. TV point. Carpetted. |
| not know of any other organization that runs programmes like this. All the
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| attendees were equally enthusiastic and I am sure that BT will have benefited
| | === En-suite shower room, 10'4"x5'4" (5.3m<sup>2</sup>) === |
| from this enormously.
| | With dual aspect double glazed velux windows and blinds to front and rear of property. Tiled throughout, floating sink with storage, separate built in storage, double shower and traditional toilet. Heated towel radiator powered by air sourced heat pump central heating. Softened water provided to all units. |
| * I can honestly say that the Programme exceeded all of my expectations
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| delivering just the right balance of academic insight form Harvard and MIT
| | == Bedroom 3, 11'10"x11' (11.88m<sup>2</sup>) == |
| professors, business interaction and engaging dialogue with our peers and
| | wifi controlled programmable radiator and south facing triple glazed dormer window. TV point. Carpetted. Broadband access point and telephone. |
| having some fun. On behalf of Siemens my sincere thanks for including us in
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| the Programme, it has forever differentiated and extended our partnership with
| | == Bedroom 4, 11'6"x10'10" (11.55m<sup>2</sup>) == |
| BT on many levels.
| | wifi controlled programmable radiator and south facing triple glazed dormer window. Used as office and spare bedroom. TV point. Carpetted. Fibre broadband point. Access to boarded, powered and lit, full height loft space running length of main house, circa 60m<sup>2</sup>. Easy access to fans for the bathrooms. |
| * Under Chris Ainslie's skilled leadership, his team (Mary, Steve, Paul,
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| Richard, Ed, and Shershin) organized a superb program spanning three
| | Built in double Murphy/[https://www.studybed.co.uk/products/majestic-studybed/ study bed], providing an amazing space for a teenager. |
| continents. Having developed and participated in similar programs over the
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| last thirty years, I can truly say that Partner Vision has easily set a world
| | == Family bathroom, 10'x6'6" (6m<sup>2</sup>)== |
| class benchmark which I am proud to now be a "graduate" of. I know the other
| | White suite featuring generous sink, combined tap, p shapped bath with combination tap and hose, separate shower and curved shower screen. Standard WC and south facing triple glazed dormer window with privacy glass and blind. Air sourced heat pump heated towel rail. Tiled throughout. LED lighting. Wall mounted cupboard. Softened water provided to all units. [https://samjwatkins.com/inaframe/source/HJgO1j363g13.jpg Picture One]. |
| participants were equally delighted.
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| * Your quite outstanding Partner Vision team who have done so much to promote
| | = Outside space = |
| an image of your company which will prove to be enduring to all those who have
| | Private driveway with comfortable room for six cars with lockable iron gates and planted beech hedge and south facing rose garden to front with mains cold water tap and decorative lighting, leading to south facing private courtyard with power socket. |
| benefited from an exceptional, groundbreaking, programme of activity during
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| the last twelve months. | | This leads to the large back garden with established beech hedge, lawn, fruit trees and plants and shed 8'x10' with patioed area to rear of house. A convenient and lockable gate allows access to the pedestrian crossing on Valley Road, with paved access to kitchen door. The patio leads back to front garden, through a lockable aluminium gate. Three flood lights provide all day access. |
| * We shall all be much better connected, regardless of where we will be
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| employed in the future. You have gained a hard core of ambassadors for BT and
| | The plot is 725m<sup>2</sup>, with the house taking up 185m<sup>2</sup>. Parking space (excluding garage) is approx. 170m<sup>2</sup>. |
| what it is seeking to achieve.
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Unique chalet style home, built in 2012, offering comfortable, spacious modern living. Triple glazing to north aspect and double glazing to the south, supplied and fitted by Anglia Windows. All heating controls are programmable via wifi comfort and energy saving. EPC certificate, rating B. Fibre broadband providing 950 Mbps symmetric access.
4kWh solar array, Tesla power wall, and air sourced heat pump central heating provide sustainable, comfortable living for the 244m2 (2630 ft2) of floor space. All glazing is double glazed as a minimum, including the veluxes - the majority are now triple glazed. Air soured central heating is controlled by fully programmable system via web or phone app.
On ground floor
Architectural drawings - not quite what was realised.
Spacious entrance way
L shaped with access to all downstairs rooms and stairs to upper floor, with underfloor heating and zone programmable thermostat leading, picture one to
Gym, 12'x7'2" (8m2)
Karndean oak strip flooring with feature boarder, underfloor heating with its own programmable thermostat. Window to back garden.
Lounge, 30'8" x 18'3" (52m2)
featuring Kardean flooring with feature boarder, brick surround log burner with stone mantel Picture one and granite hearth with up to date chimney sweep's certificate, Picture two. There is an opportunity to open fire up to enjoy the full inglenook fireplace.
Triple aspect double glazed windows and french doors with outside lights, leading to spacious back garden, Picture three, and a set of double glazed triple patio doors to a private south aspect courtyard with LED lights and ample room for hot-tub and barbeque, Picture four, outdoor power point available. Access to front door and parking area to front of house is provided by a wide aluminium gate, with secure lock.
Underfloor heating is controlled by wifi programmable thermostat. Four led wall lights and three central wifi controlled dimmable lights, all separately controlled. Double and glazed doors provide access to the rest of the house.
Guest toilet, 5'5" x 4'4" (2.14m2)
Underfloor heated stylish room with half tiled walls, LED light and extractor. Triple glazed opening window to rear garden. Floating basin with combination softened water tap and floating toilet unit. Picture one
L-Shaped Kitchen/dinner and sitting area, 24' (at widest point, narrowing to 11'6") x 19' (at longest point, narrowing to 12') (34.3m2)
Underfloor heating with wifi controlled programmable thermostat. Ceramic tiles on floor.
Triple glazed windows to front, and a triple glazed french door and windows to back garden.
Good range of units supplied by Magnet, American style fridge and Neff built-in wifi programmable double oven. Under-counter lighting and three zone LED spotlights throughout area. Four ring induction hob with extractor and space for microwave. Miele dishwasher. 1.5 sink unit with combination tap for potable drinking water and softened water for washing up.
6 seater dining table and lounge area.
There is easily room for an additional room for a second 6 seater table for entertaining.
Picture onePicture two Picture threePicture fourPicture five.
A door leading to
Laundary area and generous double garage, 20'x 16'7" (30.8m2)
Built in sink and plumbed in washing machine and condensing tumble dryer. Wall hanging heat pump central heating distributer. Fuse box complaint with 2022 regulations.
Four LED lights ensure usage throughout the year. Water softener and 300 litre hot water tank with solar diverter. Range of shelves and remote controlled garage doors. Solar panel meter and solar power diverter.
Featuring high powered electric vehicle charging point and second low powered one.
Softened water provided to sink unit, mains water to the washing machine.
Full service history available for the air sourced heat pump. Lockable door to rear garden.
First floor
Architects drawings - not quite what was realised. Single upstairs zone for central heating, controlled by wifi programmable thermostat.
Landing
With two triple glazed windows to rear and built in cupboard and craft area 11'4" x 7'2" (7.7m2, excluding cupboard). Wifi programmable radiator and wifi programmable zone thermostat.
Master suite
a comfortable room to prep for, or unwind from, a productive day, featuring
Lobby area, 7'x4' (2.6m2)
(measurement is the walkway, excluding the cupboard space). Comfortable walkway featuring a bench, mirror, separately controlled light and LED lit double wardrobe leading to
Bedroom 1, 24'4" x 18' (40m2)
With four further wardobes, all LED lit, three three-drawer units and two bedside units. South facing double glazed French doors with a balustrade hosts a comfy sitting area with table. Pair of central LED lights and two led wall lights. Two wifi, separately programmable thermostat radiators. TV point and good range of sockets, including 4 usb charging points.
En-suite shower room, 12'4"x5'6" (6.3m2)
Fitted by Anglia factors, floating combination toilet and bidet, jack and jill sink units with built in storage and walk-in shower unit. Softened water to all units. Programmable heated towel rail. Dual aspect triple glazed feature window to rear and double glazed velux to east with blind.
Bedroom 2, 17'2" (into dormers) x 13' (20m2)
Dual aspect triple glazed dormers to rear and front, two wifi separately controlled programmable radiators, triple fitted wardrobes and built in desk. Two bedside tables. Own loft space and en-suite. Space for arm chair and desk. TV point. Carpetted.
En-suite shower room, 10'4"x5'4" (5.3m2)
With dual aspect double glazed velux windows and blinds to front and rear of property. Tiled throughout, floating sink with storage, separate built in storage, double shower and traditional toilet. Heated towel radiator powered by air sourced heat pump central heating. Softened water provided to all units.
Bedroom 3, 11'10"x11' (11.88m2)
wifi controlled programmable radiator and south facing triple glazed dormer window. TV point. Carpetted. Broadband access point and telephone.
Bedroom 4, 11'6"x10'10" (11.55m2)
wifi controlled programmable radiator and south facing triple glazed dormer window. Used as office and spare bedroom. TV point. Carpetted. Fibre broadband point. Access to boarded, powered and lit, full height loft space running length of main house, circa 60m2. Easy access to fans for the bathrooms.
Built in double Murphy/study bed, providing an amazing space for a teenager.
Family bathroom, 10'x6'6" (6m2)
White suite featuring generous sink, combined tap, p shapped bath with combination tap and hose, separate shower and curved shower screen. Standard WC and south facing triple glazed dormer window with privacy glass and blind. Air sourced heat pump heated towel rail. Tiled throughout. LED lighting. Wall mounted cupboard. Softened water provided to all units. Picture One.
Outside space
Private driveway with comfortable room for six cars with lockable iron gates and planted beech hedge and south facing rose garden to front with mains cold water tap and decorative lighting, leading to south facing private courtyard with power socket.
This leads to the large back garden with established beech hedge, lawn, fruit trees and plants and shed 8'x10' with patioed area to rear of house. A convenient and lockable gate allows access to the pedestrian crossing on Valley Road, with paved access to kitchen door. The patio leads back to front garden, through a lockable aluminium gate. Three flood lights provide all day access.
The plot is 725m2, with the house taking up 185m2. Parking space (excluding garage) is approx. 170m2.
