Sarah has led workshops on radical efficiency with senior leaders in Croydon and Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire Supporting People, East of England Local Authorities, Royal College of General Practitioners and the Department for Communities and Local Government amongst others. She is currently running a major programme, funded by NESTA, Transforming Early Years. This work is supporting six local authorities to develop services for families with very young children that offer much better outcomes with savings of 30% over 3 years.
Sarah loves the "aha moments" that come from facilitating unusual conversations within localities between staff and the community. Powerful ideas and unleashed confidence and energy are just some of the rewards.
Prior to joining the Innovation Unit, Sarah was Director of Strategy for the New York Public Library (NYPL) system. During this time, Sarah ran a system-wide review of the library's mission statement, which led to the adoption of a rejuvenated and unified mission for NYPL's 91 research and community libraries and established an innovation fund to support R&D in library services. Sarah has also been a senior researcher at Demos, where she focussed on independent living, personalising further education and innovation in public services.
Sarah co-founded ‘The Interns Network' to help make internships 'more transparent, fair and fun.'