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Meet the Modern Civil Service: Neil Couling

Neil Couling, DWP Change and Resilience Director General and Senior Responsible Owner Universal Credit,  spoke with Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe from the Modernisation and Reform Unit about what A Modern Civil Service means to him, as well as how he sees reform …

An Ambitious Civil Service: introducing the Policy System Framework

Serena Nüsing, Senior Service Designer in the Policy Profession Unit, facilitating a DWP workshop.

A guest blog by Serena Nüsing, Senior Service Designer in the Policy Profession Unit Are you a civil servant who’s passionate about improving policy capability at an organisational level? Do you want to know if your organisation is best set …

Meet the Modern Civil Service: Jim Harra

  Hello! Welcome to another interview in the Meet the Modern Civil Service series. The aim of this series is to showcase the people in the civil service who are driving innovation, whether that be through being a learning champion, …

What the heck is 'Interoperability'?

It's an odd word with a huge impact and a key part of building A Modern Civil Service. Interoperability means making it easier for different departments to work together, unlocking potential and getting rid of things that slow the job …

Government is one of the largest employers of digital and data professionals in the UK

government digital and data logo

Guest blog by Mike Potter, Government Chief Digital Officer. At the end of last year, the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) launched Government Digital and Data, a community of experts leading digital transformation in government. Together, we are a …

Meet the Modern Civil Service: Jenny Brooker

Jenny Brooker, Chief Data Architect, CDDO

  Hello! Welcome to the fourth interview in the Meet the Modern Civil Service series. The aim of this series is to showcase the people in the civil service who are innovating change, whether that be through being a learning champion, …

Meet the Modern Civil Service: Sue Bateman

Sue Bateman, Chief Data Officer (Interim), CDDO

  Hello! Welcome to the third interview in the Meet the Modern Civil Service series. The aim of this series is to showcase the people in the civil service who are innovating change, whether that be through being a learning …

The innovation book club: great reads to give a hoot about!

An owl sitting on a chair reading a book.

What are the best books to read on innovation? We asked a range of leaders across the Civil Service for favourite literary recommendations to inspire innovative thinking, from popular guides to to inspirational novels, with a few videos and podcasts …

One Big Thing 2023: putting the ‘big’ in big data!

OBT learning highlights

The Civil Service launched One Big Thing on 4 September 2023, as a new annual initiative for civil servants to take shared action each year around a reform priority.  Our theme for 2023 was data skills and we committed to …

Harnessing the power of local statistics with ONS

UK Statistics Authority building

A guest blog from ONS. We all know that working out what's actually happening on the ground can be difficult. Linking national data to where people live and work is often a challenge for many civil servants, especially when you’re …