Invest in people if you want to transform
A few weeks ago, we were invited to speak at an internal event for managers in one part of Defra. The subject of our talk was "What are digital skills, and how do we develop them?" We think that good …
Quite enthusiastic about agile
...It's an easy and accessible forum for people who want to know more about agile, or ways of putting it into practice, without having to set up meetings, book meeting...
Stop irritating, start iterating
...an invalid postcode, the error message wasn't clear enough. It said: “Please enter a valid postcode in England.” Users seemed to be registering the ‘valid’ part of the instruction, but...
Modernising Data Protection
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Lisa Allen, Data Protection Programme, Posted on:
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Data protection, Defra digital
Digital technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives. A lot has changed over the last 20 years since the last Data Protection Act was passed in 1998. In that year Celine Dion had a chart topping hit with …
An agile approach to water abstraction licences
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Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Categories:
Defra digital, Digital transformation
...existing licences. Good prioritisation means faster progress. More advanced features, such as applying for or renewing licences, can be added later. … be flexible - by adjusting the way they...
Agile ways of working in HR
...it encourages all sorts of unintended behaviours. People genuinely want to learn how to improve their performance, but they need to feel supported and encouraged to do that. A rigid,...
What we learned from colleagues at MoJ
...collaborative, and meant we visitors could absorb a lot of new information in a very short time The whole workspace was better equipped for agile working, with flexible, moveable desks...
A new discovery for tracking waste
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Alistair Paul, Waste Regulation and Crime, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation
A cross-government collaborative team recently started a discovery looking at how waste movements are tracked across the UK. The team is keen to hear from regulators and businesses, to find out more about their needs. In this post I’ll explain …
Change is hard, but better than not changing at all
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Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Categories:
Defra digital, Digital transformation
...who have had to make considerable changes to the way they work. We’re grateful to them for their patience while we move from old to new. But the important thing...
Platforms can be products too
Like many other government organisations, we have embraced the Service Manual, and we’re increasingly putting service design thinking and agile working methods at the heart of our approach to delivery. It’s change, and change for the better.
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