Portfolio — SMooks

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Case Study 2025

Regional Staff Awards System — student-led, trust-first design

Co-designed with students; rebuilt recognition around peer nominations and simple, transparent flow. Launched regionally with high engagement.

People & Culture peer-nomination
System Win 2025

AI Policy — Responsible Use across Schools & Support Services

Best‑practice, pragmatic policy balancing risk and opportunity; aligned to UK GDPR and safeguarding law; adopted group‑wide.

Governance & Risk UK GDPR
Writing 2025

Rome vs Empire — a framework for intentional system design

Stop adding apps. Build Rome (your backbone) first; let the Empire orbit it. A decision framework with principles and a practical roadmap.

Operational Excellence architecture
System Win 2025

Strategic Printer Replacement — reliability, cost, and flow

Data-led case to replace failing kit causing 80% downtime. Balanced load, reduced friction, improved service.

Operational Excellence reliability
System Win 2025

RACI Hats — scalable role clarity across functions

Tiered RACI with strategic/functional/operational views; links people to roles and visualises responsibilities.

Operational Excellence role-clarity
System Win 2025

Time Off Approvals — resumable, multi‑stakeholder flow

Automated requests with approvals, calendar updates, and leader notifications; reduced email ping‑pong.

Operational Excellence workflow
System Win 2024

Maths Curriculum Library — meta-tagged, predictable, fast

SharePoint-hosted resource library with consistent structure and tags so teachers find the right thing in seconds.

Teaching & Learning findability
System Win 2023

Maintenance Logging — from manual to automated

Logged site repairs via simple, reliable flows; reduced duplicate entry and sped up fixes.

Operational Excellence automation
System Win 2023

SLT Portal — one place for leaders to act

Consolidated critical tools & insights for senior leaders; reduced context switching and drift.

Operational Excellence single-pane