Tomorrow I'm launching Design the service: a free 14-day email course on service design practice.

For people in policy, product, and design. One email per day. Plain English throughout.

14 areas, from problem framing to continuous improvement. The full picture of what it takes to design services that actually work.

If you know someone who'd benefit, tomorrow is the day to share.

Sign-up link goes live tomorrow morning.

#ServiceDesign #DesignThinking #PublicSector

There's also a #London in-person breakfast on the 1st Wednesday of the month, and a #Virtual meetup on the 3rd Wednesday of the month https://luma.com/oneteamgov

#OneTeamGov #PublicSector #meetup

One Team Gov · Events Calendar

View and subscribe to events from One Team Gov on Luma. Making the public sector better

If you're in #Manchester on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, come join the in-person One Team Gov North breakfast chat and/or all-day coworking https://luma.com/oneteamgov-north

#OneTeamGov #PublicSector #coworking

Public sector employees only.

One Team Gov North · Events Calendar

View and subscribe to events from One Team Gov North on Luma. An in-person meetup in Manchester for people who work in government and the public sector.

Africa: From India to Africa - What India's Public-Sector Ai Experience Offers Rwanda and the Global South: [New Times] As governments across the Global South move from pilot projects to real-world deployment of artificial intelligence, experience is becoming more valuable than ambition. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRnsSF #Africa #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalSouth #Innovation #PublicSector
I'm reading, "Our plan for data.gov.uk" https://www.data.gov.uk/roadmap by the #datagovuk team. Published March 2026. #data #opendata #PublicSector
Our plan for data.gov.uk - data.gov.uk

I'm reading, "What’s changing on data.gov.uk and why" https://dataingovernment.blog.gov.uk/2026/03/25/whats-changing-on-data-gov-uk-and-why/ by Antonia Panayotova, @joelanman and Candice Colgan. Published 25 March 2026 on the Data in Government blog. #data #opendata #PublicSector
What’s changing on data.gov.uk and why – Data in government

We have made some changes to data.gov.uk. We have been working quietly in the background over recent months to prepare for this moment, and we are genuinely excited to share what we have built, before learning from how you use

Ontario Sunshine List revealed: Here's the top public sector employees who earned over $100K in 2025
Ontario released its 2025 Sunshine List Friday, the annual list that documents public sector employees with salaries of over $100,000, with former Ontario Power Generation President and CEO Kenneth Hartwick topping it yet again with a salary of just over $1.9 million.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-sunshine-list-9.7144414?cmp=rss

The push for “Euro-Office” isn’t just about software; it’s about strategic autonomy. 🇪🇺 For years, Europe has relied on foreign tech stacks. With this new coalition launching a Microsoft-compatible suite, are we witnessing a genuine shift toward digital independence, or are we just building digital fortresses no one wants to use? I analyzes the potential and the pitfalls.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qqcm58hQojRk3LATB0gQn?si=or9wVe_wTiafNTTa885PXQ

#EuropeanIt #Sovereignty #Linux #PublicSector #Podcast

Europe's Digital Fortress: Can We Break the Monopoly?

European IT! · Episode

Spotify

That's textbook background fascism? You're too cowardly/basic to wheel and deal better funding from central government? Cool, that's a given.

Don't make particular groups have to bear the brunt of it, though!

#museums #London #BritishMuseum #NationalMuseums #Fundraising #PublicSector

Ontario Sunshine List reveals Ottawa's top-paid public jobs in 2025
Ontario’s Sunshine List was published on Friday, revealing the highest-paid public sector employees in the city, with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe being far from the top earner.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-sunshine-list-reveals-ottawa-s-top-paid-public-jobs-in-2025-9.7145186?cmp=rss