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title: 'Skills Team: rose, thorn, bud exercise'
tags: [skills-team-catch-ups]

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# Skills Team: rose, thorn, bud exercise

###### tags: `skills-team-catch-ups`

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Example:
```
* [name=Name]
 🌹 = Something great that happened (a rose!)
 🌵 = Something not-so-great that happened (a thorn!)
 🌱 = Something you're looking forward to (a bud!)
```

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## Today: 30 May 2023

* [name=Harriet]
🌹  = Turing Research Fellowship Cohort 2 funding 'secured' (with caveats)
 🌵 = Slow progress with CDT Conference which is annoying
 🌱 = CDT leadership discussions (non-work related, got AL this week!)
 
 * [name=Jules]
 🌹 = DSG DSG DSG
 🌵 = Back to back final day. I think I have 15 minutes of breathing space this afternoon
 🌱 = A/L A/L A/L tomorrow
 
 * [name=Sarah]
 🌹 = Moodle upgrade finally underway!
 🌵 = 
 🌱 = some upcoming hols
 
 * [name=Anna]
 🌹 = Spending time with the DSG team during last week's event in the office!
 🌵 = One of the TIN partners withdrew their role halfway through the recruitment round
 🌱 = Placing lots of talented students at host organizations and matching Enrichment students with Turing contacts!
 
 * [name= Becky]
 🌹 = Successful DSG!
 🌵 = Already onto the next one ;) 
 🌱 = Lessons learned 
 
 * [name=Frank]
 🌹 = :sun_with_face: 
 🌵 = No longer Bank Holiday Monday
 🌱 = Summer has begun! 
 
 * [name=Ayesha]
 🌹 = Smashed my bike ride & now thinking about doing a triathlon haha :bike: 
 🌵 = Lots of things happening all at once so lots of prioritising and strict time management 
 🌱 = Many things: the sun finally being out and looking forward to the summer ahead, seeing the WP project come to life this summer will be cool
 
 * [name=Mishka]
 🌹 = feeling very supported by you all :heartbeat: 
 🌵 = feeling behind with some work due to leave
 🌱 = summer and coming back to London :sun_with_face: 
  
 * [name=Bridget]
 🌹 = Gorgeous weather :sunglasses: 
 🌵 = Rescheduling DST and hoping we get a good turn-out the second time around 
 🌱 = Much annual leave 
 
 * [name=Vera]
 🌹 = Some new funding opportunities for skills (TRF cohort 2 & maybe Skills framework) 
 🌵 = Finding lack of guidance on appraisals/PRP frustrating
 🌱 = see rose
 
  * [name=Chloe]
 🌹 = Platform upgrade is deployed to sandbox site
 🌵 = Also platform upgrade!
 🌱 = Planning my AL!

   * [name=INSERT NAME HERE]
 🌹 = 
 🌵 = 
 🌱 = 
 
## Skills and Knowledge sharing sessions

:::warning
### Skills & Knowledge sharing
- **Purpose**: professional development time together with the team, with a focus on hands-on upskilling and knowledge sharing between team members
- **Duration**: 2h
- **Frequency**: monthly
- **When it takes place**: first Friday of the month, 1:30 - 3:30 pm tbc
- **Target audience**: Skills Team & interested Turing colleagues
- **How it works**: 
    - Option 1: co-working but focused on individual professional development time
    - Option 2: skill sharing - one or two people present a topic to the team / run a practical workshop. Tied in with _come-to-me-if_
    - Option 3: source external speaker / learn together a topic of common interest _(eg GitHub)_
- **Lead organiser**: Ayesha & Bridget

:::

>    * [name=INSERT NAME HERE]
>  :eyes: = What would you like to learn?
>  :bulb: = What would you like to share to others?
>  :palms_up_together: = What do you think the team could benefit from?

  * [name=Harriet]
 :eyes: = engaging facilitation; innovation 'training' / exposure; developing interesting presentations; 101 on contracts with practical activities
 :bulb: = Happy to share anything! Not sure what I have that would be useful to others.
 :palms_up_together: = skills landscape awareness, AI/DS community engagement, contracts (maybe?)

  * [name=Becky]
 :eyes: = basic coding, tech side of my role, facilitation skills, using LinkedIn, better understanding/knowledge of wider Turing
 :bulb: = What Harriet said! (Harriet: what do you wanna know about Turing? Jules probs a wizard but if not happy to try and help  - I will pick this up with you on Teams. Thank you :) np <3)
 :palms_up_together: = Better support from teams outside of Skills?
 
   * [name=Sarah]
 :eyes: = planning projects/initiatives within the Turing's unique ecosystem - understanding how the different pieces and players fit together; technical skills related to what our audiences are doing
 :bulb: = editorial stuff; happy to investigate some of the technical things and/or how we can improve our subject knowledge
 :palms_up_together: = consistent project management processes across the team so we're all applying the same logic/approaches; better subject knowledge :+1: 
 
   * [name=jules]
 :eyes: =More variety of PM techniques/tools to use for the various projects we got going
 :bulb: = inner peace :peace_symbol: 
 :palms_up_together: = Monday.com!
 
   * [name=chloe]
 :eyes: = coding / technical aspect to help developing OLP project
 :bulb: = let's work on data tgt 
 :palms_up_together: = project management skills / tools that we could all use across team
 
   * [name=Bridget]
 :eyes: = Turing processes - interacting w/ other teams and making use of Turing platforms etc
 :bulb: = Funding calls (lessons learned)
 :palms_up_together: = Project management skills - co-developing and implementing standard operating procedures
 
   * Frank
 :eyes: = Project Management Skills
 :bulb: = Excel dashboards :sunglasses: 
 :palms_up_together: = PM software
 
   * [name=Vera]
 :eyes: = How to use ChatGPT (and alternatives) to speed up regular tasks :+1: 
 :bulb: = Facilitation skills, UX, anything else useful
 :palms_up_together: = UX methodology, facilitation skills
 
 
   * [name=Mishka]
 :eyes: = how to consider impact measuring and reporting throughout each stage of the project lifecycle (and ideally have comparable measures across projects)
 :bulb: = Agile working / Product management (once I finish my course)
 :palms_up_together: = use of GPT / LLMs in different work contexts 
 
 * [name=Ayesha] 
:eyes: = Strategy skills,:+1: PM skills
:bulb: = Not really sure what but I'm interested in EDI, inclusive practices and mental health. I've got a wealth of experience in teaching and delivery, proof-reading materials, creating materials etc.
:palms_up_together: = same as Sarah!
 
## Previous sessions

- [12 Apr 2023](https://hackmd.io/thfqcGTERfaOIQNZBUWUvA)
- [6 Mar 2023](https://hackmd.io/FBrIzWiVTWGGik_oEVEvTA)
- [8 Feb 2023](https://hackmd.io/FFm6x675QXWxwyFU6h7Mfw)