Business Transformation – Orbit’s response to the changing environment Vivien Knibbs, Executive Director
Why do we need to change? Our operating environment radically changed Our residents’ world is changing We have a continuing housing crisis
What did we do? Orbit – 2020 transformation programme Six leading academics’ view of the world in 2020 Government investment in housing will not recover Society will be poorer - demand for services greater Fuel poverty will be a major issue Service delivery will be transformed by technology Consulted staff, residents, stakeholders
Where has that led? Building Communities By working to improve the social, economic and environmental prospects of people and communities
Housing choice Our new ambition is to provide 12,000 new homes by 2020 In the future – we will: Provide for our traditional customers and new ones Move into new markets – squeezed middle/older owners Offer a range of tenancies Offer a housing journey We will respond to the local environment
Community investment Create thriving and empowered communities Deliver 10,000 training/employment places Invest £30m in our communities Advise 20,000 households on energy usage
Community investment We will: Have a more strategic approach to investment Target investment Measure outcomes through SROI Develop a partnership approach Understand our communities better Respond to the local agenda
Customer offer We will: Enable our customers to make choices and take control Deliver excellent services Our ambition is to: Deliver 90% customer satisfaction Achieve 75% of our customers accessing services online
Customer offer We will: Change our relationship with customers Understand our customers’ needs better Offer a menu of services Adopt digitally-based service delivery models
How are we going to do this? Drive efficiency ‘Profit for a purpose’ Widen our funding base Innovate Collaborate Orbit will bring together resources and broker deals to deliver more
Any questions? Vivien Knibbs Executive Director