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You can’t be half agile
A little rant, if you’ll forgive the indulgence. It includes a confession, to make up for the ranting. You might have heard talk about new project management methodologies that try to combine bits of...
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Hire the head and the body will follow
Part of building government as a platform is people. We’ve talked a lot about how people in departments and GDS have worked together as part of transforming government. The last 4 years is testament...
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Building on the steel thread
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Same, but different: a common international approach to digital government
A few weeks ago, we welcomed some friends from America to our office in London, members of the United States Digital Service (USDS) and 18F. Combined, their work is an approximate equivalent of what...
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Onwards!
At the end of last week I went to see my boss, John Manzoni to tell him I’m leaving government. I wanted to take a moment here to thank everyone for the tremendous help I’ve been given in the last...
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Mapping new ideas for the digital justice system
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Defra's opening up its data
This image was taken using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology, by shooting a laser beam down to the ground from an aircraft. LIDAR is useful for all sorts of applications, and the...
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It’s not about us, it’s about collaboration
A few years ago, I stood up at the first GDS all-staff meeting and told everyone there to “look sideways”, by which I meant: don’t get stuck in silos of your own making. Talk to people, look at other...
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Learning and doing together
I’ve written about the important work we’ve been doing in building a Digital and Technology profession across government. Digital transformation of government is bigger than any one person. It requires...
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Why GOV.UK Verify matters
I wanted to point you to a post on the GOV.UK Verify blog that you might have missed. It talks about the programme’s objectives, and how the team has been making progress to meet those objectives....
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You can’t be half agile
A little rant, if you’ll forgive the indulgence. It includes a confession, to make up for the ranting. You might have heard talk about new project management methodologies that try to combine bits of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hire the head and the body will follow
Part of building government as a platform is people. We’ve talked a lot about how people in departments and GDS have worked together as part of transforming government. The last 4 years is testament...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Building on the steel thread
As part of the work we’re doing to prepare for government as a platform, we’ve been investigating ways to help government agencies use shared platforms and data registers to build better services. One...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Same, but different: a common international approach to digital government
A few weeks ago, we welcomed some friends from America to our office in London, members of the United States Digital Service (USDS) and 18F. Combined, their work is an approximate equivalent of what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Onwards!
At the end of last week I went to see my boss, John Manzoni to tell him I’m leaving government. I wanted to take a moment here to thank everyone for the tremendous help I’ve been given in the last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mapping new ideas for the digital justice system
We've talked a lot about the preparation work we're doing for Government as a Platform. One of the benefits of having GDS sit at the heart of government is that we can take a cross-government view on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Defra's opening up its data
This image was taken using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology, by shooting a laser beam down to the ground from an aircraft. LIDAR is useful for all sorts of applications, and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s not about us, it’s about collaboration
A few years ago, I stood up at the first GDS all-staff meeting and told everyone there to “look sideways”, by which I meant: don’t get stuck in silos of your own making. Talk to people, look at other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learning and doing together
I’ve written about the important work we’ve been doing in building a Digital and Technology profession across government. Digital transformation of government is bigger than any one person. It requires...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why GOV.UK Verify matters
I wanted to point you to a post on the GOV.UK Verify blog that you might have missed. It talks about the programme’s objectives, and how the team has been making progress to meet those objectives....
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