As I am prone to do I set out some ‘ambitions’ for 2023 – less New Years Resolutions, more loose goals to stop me ‘streaming’ the year away. This year they were particularly unchallenging as I crawled out of my sabbatical and the trauma of the peak Covid/Crash years. Yet as we head towards the…

I feel like a fraud.  My blogging and social media has given the impression that things are going well in my current role. That is mainly true but the reality is that I’ve been dealing with a serious issue at work since early 2023 that has been constantly in the background making it impossible to…

Last Saturday was the 10 year anniversary of my first day at the Office for National Statistics. This is a happy memory. I had a brilliant boss, wonderful colleagues, supportive leadership from the very top, GDS was in its most impactful and collaborative infancy and I got to work on some really hard problems and…

This morning I tuned in to a Show & Tell from the team looking at coming up with a new ‘brand’ for the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) profession for the Civil Service. This work is part of a wider initiative to help improve recruitment and retention – driven by the ever growing demand and…