London 2012 blog

I joined the Culture, Ceremonies and Education Team back in January as a secondee from the Clore Leadership Programme – a unique two-year opportunity for professional development and leadership training.

The challenge was to learn how to turn a vision into a reality, how to facilitate high-level partnerships and to support a project’s development through what may at first appear to be insurmountable practical obstacles.

However, the challenge soon became negotiating the glistening towers and rabbit warren underground passages that are Canary Wharf.

Spending half my week putting up exhibitions in a converted warehouse in Bethnal Green, it was indeed a culture shock to arrive at work in the heart of the City’s financial district. There's no general public, unusually gusty winds and virtually no rubbish.

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