by Laura Gilbert | Aug 10, 2024 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Delivery, First Edition Sneak Peek
Laura Gilbert, Director of Data Science at 10 Downing Street, reflects on her AI and data science teams’ challenges and achievements I joined the UK government in September 2020, six months into Covid. For nearly a decade, I’d been running a tech startup... 
by Neerav Patel | Aug 9, 2024 | A Day in the Life of…, Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, International Perspectives
Neerav Patel on Gaza, Qatari weddings, and why it’s important to be able to play the role of a roadie I first worked for Jeremy Heywood when he was Permanent Secretary in Gordon Brown’s Downing Street. He created a scheme to install a small number of Fast... 
by Peter McDonald | Aug 8, 2024 | Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, Leadership and Reflections, Other featured articles
Peter McDonald explores the opportunities and challenges of a smaller government Standing on an exposed common in rural Carmarthenshire, deep in blanket bog, debating with local farmers and agricultural specialists in the driving rain, was the moment I realised... 
by Tamara Finkelstein | Aug 7, 2024 | Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, Leadership and Reflections, Policy Insights
Tamara Finkelstein, Head of the Government Policy Profession, asks whether it’s time for Civil Service generalists to become part of a profession Is it time to consider the end of the Civil Service generalist? My own career experience and leadership of the... 
by Tim Dickson | Jun 10, 2024 | Articles, UK Election Series
Listen to this article (AI generated audio) Like most people, the Heywood Quarterly team was taken by surprise last month when the UK Prime Minister called a general election for 4th July. The unexpected, however, can present opportunities – so we approached... 
by Gus O’Donnell | Jun 10, 2024 | Articles, Delivery, Leadership and Reflections, Other featured articles, UK Election Series
Gus O’Donnell on some key issues likely to face Civil Servants before and after July 4th Listen to this article (AI generated audio) Civil Servants are working frantically to prepare for all possible outcomes of the General Election on 4th July. Here are some...
