Digital by Default

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  • 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…

  • [Interlude] Fun at Fifty

    After seemingly trailing it for 50 weeks I finally turned 50 on the 27th March. I’ve not got a great history of coping well with these big milestone birthdays but honestly this one wasn’t too disturbing – I guess I am finally in an okay place and comfortable with my life. I had a nice…

  • The Forties

    The Forties

    In these dog days of my 40s I am just having a bit of a look back. They were quite a roller-coaster one way or t’other. Some really high highs and low lows. Not least my weight! I’ve been as heavy as 19+ stone/121kg and down to 14.5 stone/92kg. These days I am somewhere in…

  • Week 47/52

    Week 47/52

    This has been a pretty unbalanced week. On the one hand I have been unwell so not much happened at all apart from me coughing so much I lost my voice and pulled a muscle. Then on the other hand major national moves were made in Government terms that changed things massively for me at…