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A new operating model for government

Posted by: Paul Maltby, Posted on: 17 March 2015 - Categories: Thought Pieces

Nudge. Digital. Wellbeing. Social Action. Open Data. Social Finance. User-centred design. Between five and ten years ago these ideas were at the fringes of conversations about how government could develop...

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Being a part of the future of policy making

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Posted on: 23 October 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces
Picture of Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, facing the camera

...Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service, provides some advice on making the most of all of the resources available.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSjmS21ZE6s   1. Join the conversation: you can...

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Staying on top of your game

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Posted on: 9 October 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, News, Thought Pieces
Picture of Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, facing the camera

...develop to meet that ambition:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q5LyLYdEqA   Learn more about being open-minded by instinct, have a look at the training on offer from Civil Service Learning (registration required) and...

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How we’re helping share ideas on northern growth

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 24 September 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Policy Lab, Skills, tools and techniques
A man is sitting at a table, concentrating on writing on post-it notes that are lined up by colour. On a table behind him a group of people are listening to a speaker. There is a box of lego on the table.

...northern cities into vibrant, innovative hubs to stoke growth across the whole region to come forward and share them. It will culminate in a summit in Leeds in November to...

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Are you confident you are producing world-class advice?

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Posted on: 22 September 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques, Thought Pieces
Picture of Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, facing the camera

...makers across the civil service is, what are you doing to open yourself to the best thinking outside of the civil service?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58UGK1u2YmY   If this has piqued your...

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The Data Science in Government programme: progress so far

Posted by: Madeleine Greenhalgh, Posted on: 18 September 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings
Intricate map showing connections between twitter feeds and searches around FCO themes

...analysts in the accelerator programme who will sit alongside our data scientists in GDS. We intend to increase our engagement both internally and externally to help develop our thinking on...

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If a tree falls in a wood

Posted by: Thom Townsend, Posted on: 3 September 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces
Logos of some of the work the Partnerships Team has helped broker with businesses, including the GREAT campaign, National Citizen Service, and Make Things Do Stuff

...OPM ed.]. But, OPM is what this team is doing all the time; working inside government, outside of government and across the two, sharing information and insight and creating collaboration....

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Am I not a people? - A policy maker's view on public dialogue

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 31 July 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces
A room after a dialogue session has been completed, with flipchart paper with notes on the walls, table just in shot with water glasses, pens and paper

...and grew up. I was confident I had a good idea of how the session would go and the ideas and issues the people attending would bring forward. I nodded...

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Public dialogue on community rights hots up

Posted by: Dr Amy Pollard, Posted on: 23 July 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces
Picture of several sheets of flipchart paper up on the wall covered in notes and ideas from a session in coloured pen.

...these challenges aired in a room, directly with policy makers. The energy would rise and challenges would become more intense, and then a wave of humour or a response from...

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Sir Jeremy Heywood on open policy making

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Posted on: 22 July 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces
Picture of Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, facing the camera

...to use this blog to be more outward-facing and to really practice open policy making by connecting with new audiences and experts and asking them to contribute to this debate...

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