Paul du Quaasteniet
“ Our squads have also been working with our business support areas , such as Health , Safety and Wellbeing and Human Resources . We have automated the transactional parts of these functions to free our professionals up to do what they are here to do : support our leaders and our people to be at their best ,” says de Quaasteniet .
These new technologies have been pushed out through the new approaches towards culture , delivery and change management introduced by the Strategic Transformation Programme . For example , the development of its platform strategy , hosted by AWS , will futureproof Watercare ’ s core technology needs and allow the organisation to respond to and introduce new solutions to long standing problems .
One essential innovation is Watercare ’ s Data Hub . Established on the new , AWS-hosted platform , the Data Hub brings together data that
Paul du Quaasteniet
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Paul is a transformation leader focusing on digital strategy , operating model transitions and organisational change implementation . He ’ s currently leading Watercare ’ s Strategic Transformation Programme ( STP ), a two-year design-led digital reinvention programme across people , process , data and technology domains . Paul has worked in the Middle East , Asia and New Zealand in utilities , manufacturing , consumer products , oil & gas , transportation & logistics and health organisations . Paul believes that transformation success often comes down to being human-centred , which requires strong leadership , nimble , crossfunctional teams and a ‘ safe to experiment ’ working culture . www . csomagazine . com