Standing Start Solutions Ltd provides operations management consulting and security services. The company is run by James Cooke, who has over 33 years of experience in policing with Scotland Yard. The company offers World Ready workshops that coach managers in operations management skills like building high performance teams and translating strategy into operational delivery. It also offers World Safe security services for VIPs visiting London, providing risk assessments and protection through Cooke's police and business network.

1. Standing Start Solutions Ltd
The Art and Science of Making Things Happen
james@standingstartsolutions.com
www.standingstartsolutions.com
James T. Cooke Tel +44 7813299039
Managing Owner Companies House No. 7218025
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A highly experienced and skilled Operations Manager in the public sector having had a
distinguished police career with Scotland Yard. Specialising in risk management, developing
high performance teams and making projects/operations happen from a standing start.
World Ready
● Designed to coach, mentor and train managers & teams in the skills and key success
factors underpinning modern service sector Operations Management
● The target audience will be Operations Directors, Managers and Executives in the private,
public and voluntary service sector
● World Ready uses the unique experience and skills I built up over 33 years of policing
London, which underpin high quality service Operations Management:
● Building bottom up responsiveness to customer needs
● The pivotal translation of strategy to operational delivery
● Building high performance teams
● Resolving personnel conflict situations
● Exemplary planning and organising
● Attention to detail, prioritisation and sequencing of actions
● Using Joint ventures and partnerships to maximise market opportunities
● Work shops, self study products and individual face to face/skype sessions will be used
to teach and coach these skills
● DISC psychometric profiling provided to assess individual and team personality traits
● An assortment of case studies drawn from my career will be used to illustrate the sessions
and bring them to life acting as a discussion/analysis focal point
● Clients will complete the sessions and self help products with a heightened sense of
awareness, confidence and focus on what matters to get things moving and completed
to a high standard

2. World Safe
● Established to use my extensive knowledge of London and risk management expertise
whilst providing highly personalised protection services to visiting VIP’s and their families
● The target client group will be high profile VIP’s visiting London as tourists, business
purposes, official government business or as dignatories
In particular I will:
◦ Plan and organise individual visits which meet exacting standards of security
◦ Meet and escort the client and/or family members to various locations associated
with work and leisure activity
◦ Conduct a full risk assessment process to the visit including location, personal
and route security considerations
◦ Give the visitor my unique perspective on London built up over 33 years of
policing and living in the capital as a Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard
◦ Give the visitor a greater level of knowledge around aspects of London’s social
history whilst chaperoning them
◦ Utilise my extensive police and business network to ensure the visit uses up to
date information and back up expertise where required
● I have Security Industry Authority (SIA) Close Protection accreditation. Trained by
Clearwater Special Projects, one of the Worlds top close protection training providers
● My services will generally be provided on a solo basis meeting the low-medium risk
category of work but team cover will be arranged where necessary.
MSc and DMS Operations Management
Certified First Aider at Work
CELTA English Language Teacher
DISC Certified
Personality Profiler