Council Digital Specialist, helping creatively solve problems. Passionate about public sector digital, service design and scalable solutions. All views my own.
Barton-Upon-Humber, England
Joined October 2011
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Research from Harvard Business School. In a digital era, the key skills leaders need are nothing to do with digital literacy. So called "soft skills" are much more important, eg adaptability, creativity, being a change catalyst, building trust: hbswk.hbs.edu/item/six-unexp… Via @HBSWK
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When you're facilitating a meeting/workshop, you can feel pressure to make sure you know the answers & to stick to the plan (a performance mindset). But to activate the team & get great outcomes, a facilitator needs a curiosity mindset: jackiecolburn.medium.com/you… By jackie_colburn
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Fantastic graphics & wisdom on making change happen: Spend less time discussing your goals &/or the great things after the change happens & much more time thinking, talking & listening about the practicalities of making the change: theskip.substack.com/p/what-… TY @nikhyl @rebelsatwork
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Why leaders need to understand digital – and what they really need to know sensibletech.co.uk/why-leade…
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Following the exciting announcement of the #localdigital fund round 5, I'm herding various councils interested in some collaborative bidding around #lowcode - if you want in, just yell.
Some great advice here for setting up projects and delivery teams for success
Delivery Lead @Kath_Cooper_ talks about how to set projects up for success. She shares some of the activities we run during an inception to make sure there's clarity and build an open positive team environment bit.ly/37VmifC
#HowTo #Inception
We have a service designer in our team that would like to improve their sketching skills to help them produce better storyboards. Does anyone know of any good (and free) online resources that might help please?
This is the best summary of local government funding I've read in my 30+ years of working for councils
I’ve always been more of a narrative than a numbers person, and that’s how I try to make sense of #localgov finance. So, let me tell you a story about how councils are funded… newlocal.org.uk/articles/cou…
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The GOV.UK Design System is turning 3 years old! Here’s a thread about how it has helped services across government and beyond in the last 12 months ⬇️ [1/4]
#DesignSystems #GovDesign #MakeThingsOpen
ALT GOV.UK Design System. A 3-year journey.
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🤔How can digital service groups effect change in government? @tomskitomski wrote a guide to the levers teams can use with @_laurenlombardo and @daeaves @HarvardAsh medium.com/digitalhks/introd…
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In this blog post, @willguv talks about the launch of the #DigitalInclusion Toolkit (digitalinclusionkit.org), how you can get involved & have your say, and what happens next for the project 👇 #LocalDigitalC19Challenge
medium.com/ldcu/digitalinclu…
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Super interesting strategy from @DWPDigital 👀
"It shouldn’t matter why a person has to access our services, which service is being accessed or how they access that service, our customers should get the same great, consistent experience across DWP" 🙌🏻
computerweekly.com/opinion/W…
"The trick GDS pulled off was to realise that the game wasn’t about changing websites. It was about changing government." #servicedesign #govdesign bit.ly/3mPPniT
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23 September is finally here, it’s now a legal requirement for public sector websites to be accessible. Here are some helpful resources to make sure you’re complying with the regulations. #AccessibilityRegulations (1/4)
ALT Accessibility Deadline: 23 September. GOV.UK/accessibility-regulations.
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Brill roles with the damn-smart (and growing) service transformation team in Essex County Council
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This week, we're excited to launch a series of case studies showcasing how the Declaration has impacted the work of our signatories.
Thank you to @SMBC_Digital @lambeth_council @lb_southwark @adurandworthing for taking part!
Watch the full series 👇 youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Thank you to everyone that helped us celebrate #LocalDigital2Years throughout July. In our latest blog post, we talk about 2 years of #FixThePlumbing and what's next for the #LocalDigitalDeclaration 👇
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/202…