PinnedIt’s complex, not complicatedI’ve been working in government for four years now. I’ve been lucky enough to work across several roles, getting to experience digital…Jul 25, 20229Jul 25, 20229
Prototyping Policy — Assisted Dying?Are our Parliamentary committees set up to test out ideas before they enshrine the details in law? Should they be?Feb 12Feb 12
UK GovCamp 2025: ‘Test and Learn’, Missions, AI and more…GovCamp is an annual ‘unconference’ where people working in and around government get together to talk about what’s on their mind. Held on…Jan 273Jan 273
Making better policies and servicesThis is the second of three posts about how government can function better.Jul 26, 2022Jul 26, 2022
Leading in complex spacesThis is the third of three posts I wrote about how government can function better.Jul 24, 20222Jul 24, 20222
Trust the process, or just trust trustBetter ideas emerge when diverse thinkers feel comfortable and encouraged to build on each other's ideas.Jun 14, 20181Jun 14, 20181
Could We Apply Trump’s Big Data Tactics… for Good?If you’re the type of person who’s reading this, you’ve probably already read the Das Magazin/Vice story about how psychological profiling…Jan 30, 2017Jan 30, 2017
Service Designing… in MaliIn 2015, OneWorld was asked to join an Oxfam-led project in Mali to promote accountability in local government. Our role would be to design…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Can Design Thinking Generate the Breakthroughs We Need to End Poverty and Domestic Violence?For the past seven years, I’ve designed and managed projects to improve lives in developing countries, focusing on education, health, good…Oct 22, 2016Oct 22, 2016