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Awards for a brilliant Civil Service

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 25 November 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Civil Service Leaders
Civil Service award winners on awards stage

Jeremy Heywood celebrates the success of this year's Civil Service Awards.

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The strategy is capability

Posted by: Emma Stace, Posted on: 8 November 2016 - Categories: Improved outcomes, Skilled people
Image of two hands on a computer keyboard

Building digital capability is all about delivering great public services, says Emma Stace, Executive Director, Digital, Data and Technology at the Department for Business, Energy and industrial Strategy.

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Can you hack it? Join us at Civil Service Live London!

Posted by: John Fitzpatrick and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 2 October 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Learning

...do things, evaluating constantly, and focused on delivering without a hierarchy. It’s an inspiring way to work. We will have people from Civil Service Learning, GDS, DWP, the Home Office...

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Better technology for Cabinet Office staff

Posted by: Andy Beale and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 6 March 2015 - Categories: More digital
Video title card reading: Better technology for Cabinet Office staff

The Cabinet Office Technology Transformation programme aims to provide civil servants there with the most effective technology to do their job, fit for a modern Civil Service and as good...

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Trello: 6 tips for using it effectively

Posted by: CS Learning and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 27 February 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Learning, More digital, Programme and project delivery
UK Civil Service social media trello board

...more agile working. Now, we want to share our top 6 benefits of the Trello tool and tips for using it effectively: Activity menu 1. Track progress The activity menu...

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Three ways to help direct mailing hit its target

Posted by: Viv Shaw and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 24 February 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Learning, More digital
A screenshot of the new Civil Service email

...offered 100 free places as an incentive to find out more. We had some great feedback from the pilot courses and used quotes in the emails from named staff to...

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New technology creates new ways of working in the Cabinet Office

Posted by: Kieron Boyle and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 23 February 2015 - Categories: More digital, Smarter working

...engaging team activity. Just today at a team meeting we created a list of our top 100 stakeholders in under three minutes. Finally the new technology has enabled substantive improvements...

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Twitter 101: How to ease your way into social media

Posted by: Daniel Riches and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 13 February 2015 - Categories: More digital

...me was born on Twitter and, unequivocally, I’m better for it. A "river of data rushing past" - that's how New York Times writer David Carr (@Carr2n) describes Twitter. For...

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How Civil Service Learning is turning Agile

Posted by: Stuart Bennett and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 9 February 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Learning, More digital
Civil Service Learning work plan in post-it notes

...tea point, so people can’t miss it! I would definitely encourage everyone to think about being more Agile and open to new ways of working. By adopting just 1 Agile...

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