Thought Experiment: how we brought the world’s leading thinkers to Whitehall

...after 30 minutes I decided to go out for a run instead. And it was on that run, while jogging through the woods near my in-laws’ house, that I came...
...after 30 minutes I decided to go out for a run instead. And it was on that run, while jogging through the woods near my in-laws’ house, that I came...
...deepen collaboration between officials and academics. We joined OIT as interns in early September 2017 and are now nearing the end of our six-month placement here at 1 Horse Guards...
...Innovation necessarily involves experimentation, learning and adaptation Introducing a new product or service is a complex process that’s certain to involve unexpected twists. We don’t do ourselves any favours when...
...Civil Service Reform Team, Cabinet Office The output was generous and well-informed. The service was attentive and considerate of our team's other pressures. Civil Service Reform Team, Cabinet Office...
...2017. Consumer health devices can monitor heart rate, physical activity, sleep, mood, and many other aspects of a individual’s health. By using these devices patients are becoming more informed about...
...social media companies come under scrutiny for their roles in teenage mental health, election results and public health campaigns, the public have been forced to reckon with a technology few...
...the Open Innovation Team. 20: the number of different universities we’ve hosted PhD students from, including Newcastle, Royal Holloway, UCL, Cambridge, Lancaster, Manchester, Warwick, Southampton and Princeton. 7: the number...
...data and new methods of data analytics –including machine learning and artificial intelligence – raise profound questions about the shape of near-future societies. How will new forms of digital data...
...interviews. There’s a knack to Civil Service applications and interviews that means non-civil servants can sometimes struggle. The result is that, even though we make our posts open to non-civil...
...As innovation climbs up the Whitehall agenda ahead of the Spending Review, I’ve been getting asked how we can encourage more positive deviants in the Civil Service. We all know...