Sir Jeremy Heywood Many congratulations to all those civil servants whose dedicated public service was recognised in the New Year's Honours List. The range of recipients brilliantly illustrates the great...
...the United Nations General Assembly. Its aim is to promote an understanding of disability issues, galvanise action that addresses barriers to access for people with disabilities, and draw attention to...
...to have the skills and tools to do the best possible job. New approaches to policymaking, the increasing availability of data, and the development of evidence-based and behavioural insight techniques...
...are 10-11 million people who are deaf or hard of hearing (one in six). One in eight are affected by tinnitus. There are around 150,000 British Sign Language (BSL) users....
...diversity and inclusion. The Army, Navy, and MI6 also featured in the Top 100, so we can feel real 'Pride' in our protective services, generally! New initiatives Winners of the...
...the opportunities from which we can learn, whether that’s a conversation, a new connection or a step outside our comfort zone to try something new and slightly scary. Empathy The...
I thought I was OK on getting feedback. Then, a few years ago, a new colleague, originally from Scandinavia, and with a consultancy background, joined my team. Let’s call her...
...recover. They can be embarrassing (during a video conference with New York in the Political Director’s office and at the Ambassador’s PA’s birthday party in Warsaw both spring to mind)....
...learn new skills and develop new experiences while doing some great work for important causes. Did you know that people who volunteer also have significantly higher levels of life satisfaction...
...next. Share it! I think one of the real upsides of the pandemic has been that we have all found new ways of communicating with our teams, involving less use...
