Creating the conditions for transformation
Creating the conditions for transformation
CustomerFirst shares early lessons from its work with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
Guest post: Two days at GDS – an Australian perspective
Consumer Affairs Victoria is a business unit of the Department of Justice and Regulation, in the Victorian state government. Its purpose is to help Victorian businesses and consumers be responsible and informed.
Delivery Operations: Using GDS data to make better decisions
Although we’ve been around for quite some time, chances are you haven’t heard of the Delivery Operations (Del Ops) team at GDS. And if you have, you probably don’t have a clear idea of what we do.
What GDS is for
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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.
Hearts on our sleeves and rainbows on our windows
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Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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...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...
Good culture evolves from the bottom up
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...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...
A new road: my first month at GDS
...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...
Storytelling through blogging: everyone has a part to play
...that: ‘If you know enough to say it's correct, you know too much to say it's clear.’ And it’s true. GDS creative writers and content designers work with this idea...
About the GDS Women’s group
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Zara Farrar - former Senior Content Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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...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 showing the thing to everyone is important
...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...
It's ok to say what's ok
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 …
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