What do policymakers do all day?
Jonathan Mills from the Department for Work and Pensions writes about how the focus of policymakers is becoming more multidisciplinary.
Mastery, the scientific method, and policy design
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Jonny Mallinson, Posted on:
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Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
Jonny Mallinson from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham writes about the science behind policy design and how it makes a difference to citizens' lives.
Achieving policy excellence with Austin's Butterfly
Kate Lloyd from the Home Office writes about how the UK’s government might have acted differently in the case of the Windrush scandal.
Working together to de-mystify policy
Gareth Davies, Director General at Department for Transport, reveals what policymakers do in their jobs day-to-day and his ambition for the profession to better reflect the diversity of UK citizens.
Making multidisciplinary teams work better
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Kate Bruckshaw and Chris Beardsell, Posted on:
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Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
Kate Bruckshaw and Chris Beardsell from DWP write about the challenges of making policy design teams work well.
Making public policy more inclusive
Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, reports what policymakers and the evidence base says about inclusive citizen centred design.
Are you making a bid for design?
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Andrew Knight, Alice Whitehead, Amanda Smith, Ben Tate, Faye Churchill, Helena Trippe, Juliet Mountford, Kameshvari Flynn, Sally Halls, Anna Whicher and Jonathan Nicholls, Posted on:
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PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
Add your support to this joint statement on the value of innovative public design from people in the Policy Design Community, Policy Profession, Operational Delivery Profession, and Digital, Data and Technology Profession (User Research and Service Design).
If you could change just one thing: hacking the policy system
Kate Josephs, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council, writes about how senior leaders might commission policy work in a way that drives better policy results.
Taking a systems approach to Early Years policy
Alice Whitehead, who leads a policy design team, writes about how the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government have taken a systems thinking approach to policy design.
How we mapped the policymaking process
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Ben Tate and Heather Madden, Posted on:
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Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
Government service designers, Ben Tate and Heather Madden, write about mapping the way that policy is made in the UK.