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Management by the team, not the managers

Posted by: Giles Turnbull, Posted on: 30 September 2016 - Categories: GDS team, People and skills
Members of the People Board having a chat at a computer

The People Board is elected by everyone in GDS, and is empowered to decide things and delegate tasks to other people and teams in GDS. This is how it works.

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Being transgender at GDS

Posted by: Laura Martin, Posted on: 28 September 2016 - Categories: GDS team, People and skills
The transgender flag

...that I wanted to transition full time to live my life as a woman rather than as a man. During 2015 I had come out as transgender to everyone outside...

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