GOV.UK
How to set up your own GovTech Catalyst
We’re often asked to share our learnings - so if you want to explore innovative solutions at low cost, here's our top 5 tips for setting up your own catalyst.
Ways of working
GDS Academy: Expanding our international reach with the Canadian government
The Academy was recently invited to Ottawa to give leadership, digital and agile awareness courses to Canadian public servants. Find out more about what we did and what we learned from our Canadian counterparts.
Why we’re taking a strategic approach to communication
We've just published our first communications strategy to help tell the story of GDS and the transformation across government. Learn more about our plans and the 3 themes we'll be focusing on in the coming year.
Tips on how to set up and maintain your own community
Product People started as just 2 people in 2015 and now there are more than 450 members. Co-founder Rose Waite shares 8 steps to help you get going with your own community.
We’ve updated our Social Media Playbook
As the social media landscape has changed vastly over the past couple of years, we thought it was time to refresh our playbook and share what we do, along with our recommendations for best practice.
How we use Instagram at GDS
We're very active on social media and we'll be boosting our Instagram presence over the coming months. Learn more about how and why we use it.
How we write guidance for the Service Manual
The way government thinks about services is changing and so is the way we write guidance for the Service Manual. Here’s what we’ve done so far on our new guidance model and what’s coming up next.
What we’re doing to make it easier to blog at GDS
We recently blogged about some changes we were making to our blogs to make sure they meet user needs. We also ran some retro sessions at the end of last year to find out what was working and what wasn’t. Read about what we’ve done so far to address the feedback to make it easier to blog at GDS, and what’s coming up next.
GOV.UK: a journey in scaling agile
Being agile doesn’t mean simply installing a methodology and then religiously sticking to that methodology. A little while ago we learned that we had a few challenges with GOV.UK delivery. So we had to adapt our approach. Here’s what we did and what we learned.
The GDS Academy foundation course: 1,000 graduates and counting
The GDS Academy has just celebrated the 1,000th graduate on its digital and agile foundation course. In this blog post we speak to 4 graduates about how the course helped them take their digital careers to the next level.