Saturday night upon my return from Cambridge, I got together with Mike Alderson, former Detective Superintendent at the Home Office (akin to our FBI with some Dept of Justice functions). Mike retired from his post there last year and now has his own consulting firm called Open Eye Communications with a weblog "Where thoughts, theories and observations on marketing, brand, leadership, customer service and the customer experience collide with the reality of policing and public service delivery."
(I'm using the photo of Mike on his Harley because I neglected to take his photo when we met. Duh.)
Last year I blogged my meeting with Mike at Home Office HQ and since then, his interest in leadership blogging for the heads of the BCU’s (Basic Command Units – the UK is divided up into approximately 285 of these regional policing divisions) and others in law enforcement leadership positions has grown.
We discussed how the two of us might collaborate on offering leadership blogging/podcasting training for the law enforcement community in both the UK and the US. More to come.
