Category: jobs

  • 2023 Ambitions – story so far

    2023 Ambitions – story so far

    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…

  • Feeling fraudulent

    Feeling fraudulent

    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…

  • DC Days

    DC Days

    Last week I was in Washington, DC for the Code for America Summit where as well as attending keynotes and sessions I was also presenting on a panel – my first in-person talk (apart from our work All-Hands in December) since the before times (2019). I was subbing in on the panel because Sam wasn’t…

  • Ten Years Later – what’s changed?

    Ten Years Later – what’s changed?

    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…

  • Down with DDaT

    Down with DDaT

    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…