Lighthouse Policy Design

I’m increasingly working with people new(ish) to government, who aren’t entirely familiar with the Government Service Standard. So I wrote a short history to share the story so far. Useful?! Have I missed any important developments? linkedin.com/pulse/setting-s…

This blog post nicely describes how traditional ‘green paper’ policy consultations and design research can compliment one another in practice to inform policy and #service development. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/202…

How good is this? Defra policy makers back on the road, travelling up and down the country to network with the farming community and understand more about their perspectives. #farming #openpolicymaking defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/202…

Hugely proud to be part of the team bringing this brilliant consortium together, especially for something of this magnitude 😊 leeds.tech/new-sme-consortiu…

Last week ⁦@NHSBSA⁩ (NHS Business Services Authority) shared their new digital strategy. Worth a read 👍🏻 blog.nhsbsa.net/2021/01/20/d…

If you’re a Product Owner or someone who’d like to be one and you’re on the job hunt this weekend, we’re hiring a Senior Product Owner at @hippodigitaluk My DMs are open if you’d like to discuss the role or life at Hippo in more detail 😁 hippodigital.co.uk/career.ph…

Love this from @SharonAnneKean. Using #productthinking to improve gender diversity at @TransferWise mindtheproduct.com/a-product… via @mindtheproduct

Some timely reminders here as someone in week 2 of a Discovery. I’d add one more suggestion to Navin’s list: don’t overlook existing evidence and data; you’re probably not the first person who’s looked at this problem. Any others? mindtheproduct.com/how-to-av… via @mindtheproduct

Before I became a consultant I thought I’d be spending my time on solutions. On thinking, “What’s the right answer?” Turns out it’s quite the opposite. Most of my time is spent thinking, “What’s the right question?”