Week beginning 28 September I’ve refreshed the Trello board, summarising the key priorities for our teams between now until Christmas. I’ve managed to have slightly fewer commitments, in keeping with my advice to the team. And I’m getting more comfortable with setting clearer targets. Goals for the week This week was about finishing things…

Week beginning 21 September Goals for the week My goals for the week lasted until 10.40am on Monday morning. It was remarkable they lasted that long. I published my last weeknote at about 8pm on Sunday night, because I’d been struggling to commit to my goals – and laid low by swollen tonsils. About…

Week beginning 14 September It was one of those weeks where at the end, I couldn’t remember the start. But somewhere in between those two points, we got some stuff done. It’s tempting to explain what all of those things were, because it was such a range. …

Week beginning 7 September This was the first week in ‘how long?’ where I was presenting ideas and proposals to senior people that I’d spent some time developing; the sort of meeting which involves adrenaline, followed by fatigue afterwards. How I’ve missed that! Focus for the week We almost met all my goals for…

Week beginning 1 September Focus for the week I carried forward the three goals that I’d set myself for the previous week. As I’d only worked less than half that week it felt more responsible than setting some fresh targets. I was really pleased to come into the service centre on Wednesday and hear…

Week beginning 17 August I’m trying a different format for my weeknote, based around a Trello board. Some of the teams I’m responsible for already work together frequently, like registrars and customer services. But I wanted to show everyone where we can work together to help deliver for our residents. …

The next step in digital government maturity is a rational relationship with the private sector The Ministry of Justice talked publicly this week about its form builder tool, sparking debate about the prospects it could develop into a generic, reusable capability for departments and other public bodies to build high…

Week beginning 27 July I wasn’t going to write a weeknote this week. I’ve had a week back after a short break, and am now off for two further weeks. But there were enough things this week in which I was sufficiently interested, that I wanted to record them. I’m…

Week beginning 14 July This week wasn’t quite the purposeful 10 day charge that I’d envisaged on Saturday. Instead it felt like five shades of grey. Nothing too bad, but nothing to get excited about. By the end of the week I’d completed many of the things I’d written on…