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We spoke recently at a roundtable in Parliament, organised by the All Parliamentary Group for Design and Innovation (APDIG). At the session, ‘Designing the next generation of government services’, we talked about why GDS is making service design a priority.
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Yesterday, I gave a talk at the Public Sector Show. It re-visits some of the things I spoke about recently, but ties them together with some new thoughts about the future of GDS and the role we play.
...staff from GDS will be joining the Civil Service as we march in the Pride in London parade tomorrow too. Why this matters I’ve talked before about how the job...
...irrespective of gender, who cares about having an equal and diverse workplace at GDS. That group has been up and running for over a year now, and has been hugely...
...they represent 'non-judgemental advocacy’; giving employees the freedom to be themselves. These guidelines are also useful when you’re confronted with situations that could be a little daunting for a new...
...plan to do next. It’s not just for women The Women’s group is for everyone, irrespective of gender, who cares about having an equal and diverse workplace – but that’s...
...why. We’d left them in the dark and expected them to accept and understand all the details. We could have shown them a prototype. We should have done. Keep it...
We're hiring quite a lot of new people at GDS, and that's brilliant because there are so many new brains and new skills and new faces to get to know. It's also difficult. It's difficult for those newcomers to know …
...early to improve them. Perhaps one day all operations staff will be known as user researchers ... Join the conversation on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email...