Digital by Default

I last did a survey digging into the state of [public service digital] job descriptions in July 2020 though I did do one in 2022 just about why/how people use the newsletter. In 2020 257 people responded ~ but it was peak Covid era and nobody had anything else to do! This time I got…

As part of the talk I am doing at Camp Digital about working (and beyond) in the open I have put together this silly survey to test how well my loyal readers (both of you) know me. Yes this is narcissistic but it is what it is at this point!

In quite the coincidence given my recent rants/posts about improving recruitment of digital roles in public service – which included some pointed jabs at Civil Service Jobs (CSJ) – this week they opened up their new Beta version of the site for feedback (and also started hiring for a Senior Service Designer). The Beta has…

Turns out I didn’t get everything off my chest with the post yesterday about the challenges with recruiting and retaining public service technologists! Again I am avoiding the whole improve the salaries aspect as I think the Centre for British Progress report covers that pretty well but here are five more thoughts on things that…