Digital people

The Construction Playbook’s digital reforms

Clare Gibbs, Cabinet Office, 26 January 2021 - Digital data and technology

The Construction Playbook sets out policy reforms and guidance, including a number of technological and digital-based reforms to achieve ‘faster, better, greener’ public works.

Habit-breaking and Reforming

Rose Waite, 10 December 2020 - Digital data and technology, Home Office, Skills and Learning, Training and progression

Find out how to grow people who will transform your organisation using the cross-government intro to agile training.

How GDS Academy developed live online learning and what we have learned

Barbra Webber, GDS Academy Facilitator, 11 November 2020 - Digital data and technology, GDS Academy, Uncategorized

How did the GDS Academy respond to the COVID restrictions? Barbra Webber, GDS Academy facilitator, explains how they pivoted from face-to-face classrooms to live online learning and shares what they have learned from the experience.

Swapping policy for digital: how I changed my career path to become a digital, data and technology professional

Liz Catherall, Senior Delivery Manager at Department for International Trade, 4 November 2020 - Digital data and technology

Liz Catherall, senior delivery manager at Department for International Trade explains how
the digital, data and technology profession is open to all

Digital Presenteeism

Abby Peel, 27 October 2020 - Digital data and technology, Flexible working, Wellbeing

Remote working can be exhausting, as more of our functionary senses are engaged when we are ‘online’. Abby Peel discusses why this can impair your ability to do your job and what techniques may help you weather the situation.

2020 Summer Diversity Interns at GDS

GDS Summer Diversity Programme Interns, 16 October 2020 - Apprenticeships and internships, Diversity and Inclusion, Recruitment

Hear what this year's cohort from the Summer Diversity Internship Programme have been getting up to during their time at GDS.

Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream: Find out more about a career in cyber

Steve Hersee, 9 October 2020 - Digital data and technology, Digital Data and Technology Fast Stream

Find out more about a career in cyber within the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Fast Stream.

Building the Introduction to Product Management Course Online and Remotely

Arfah Farooq, 6 October 2020 - Capabilities, Communities of practice, Community, Digital data and technology, People and Skills, Product Management, Skills and Learning

Find out how we built our Introduction to Product Management course online remotely, and how it performed.

Applications open for 20/21 Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream

Claire Moles, 29 September 2020 - Digital Data and Technology Fast Stream, Emerging talent, Graduate schemes and Fast Stream

Applications for the Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream are open now. Find out about how the program has changed for 2020/21 and how to apply.

Putting digital wellbeing front and centre

Fiona James - Deputy Director, EU Transition and Future Relationships; and Senior Wellbeing Champion - GDS, 1 July 2020 - Community, Flexible working

Since March GDS has been leading a cross-government effort to co-create a new framework for digital wellbeing. Fiona James details what work has been taking place.

Blog Digital people

Shaping a new digital centre of government: how we’re listening