National Emergencies Trust: creating culture through a crisis

Pioneer stories by Bee Heller

Jul 17, 202032:11Business

In this episode Bee interviews Helen Killingley, Head of People and Values at the National Emergencies Trust. Helen shares how NET essentially created a culture from scratch as they grew from 3 to 80 people in a matter o...

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