...goals In 2020, the Civil Service awarded two new contracts, one with EY and the other with KPMG, to provide much of the learning and development used by departments, professions...
...Carer’s Passport, which helps people communicate their caring commitments and manage their work responsibilities better, can have a profound impact. A recent thank-you note to one of the charity’s advisory...
...on a speeding bullet’! The accomplishment of the engineers and scientists working on this mission is staggering. I was privileged to hear one of the chief scientists, who said that...
Throughout my career in the Civil Service, I have seen many ‘revolutionary’ changes become the norm. Writing a blog, in itself, is one of those changes. So, let me tell...
When voters go to the polls in May, the Civil Service needs to be ready. The election result may be straightforward, with one party winning an overall majority. But whatever...
...be asked to join the central team. My role in the small programme team – there are just six of us – is to be the link between Movement to...
...easy to forget that one of the privileges of seniority is better visibility – you tend naturally to see and hear more about the context, and about what might happen...
Barry Spruce As a relative newcomer to the Civil Service (almost 6 months) – or, to be more precise, a recent returnee after a number of years away – one...
...you want to explore a process, does breaking it down into the biggest stumbling blocks give participants a better ability to understand and adapt it? Returning to live in-person events...
Shared Parental Leave campaign poster At the beginning of the year I shared my views on the immediate priorities for the Civil Service. One of those was to increase opportunities...
