by Various Authors | Dec 17, 2025 | Articles, Book Reviews
Heywood Quarterly contributors share their recommendations for 2026 With 2025 coming to a close, we asked former contributors and members of our team to reflect on books (recently published and not-so-recently published) that they have found entertaining or... 
by Matt Bland | Jun 17, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Fourth Edition, Policy Insights
Matt Bland highlights examples of evidence-based innovation on the front line, and what policy professionals across the Civil Service can learn from this experience In 2021, Kent Police faced a pressing challenge shared by all forces across the UK: how, in the face of... 
by Victor Dominello | May 27, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Delivery, Fourth Edition, International Perspectives
True digital transformation requires reimagining the citizen experience from scratch, argues Victor Dominello, CEO of the Future Government Institute and a former New South Wales Minister for Customer Service. Editor’s Note: Across the world, governments are... 
by Tim Dickson | May 19, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Fourth Edition
Penny Endersby talks to Tim Dickson about her journey from specialist researcher to running the Met Office The days when specialists, notably economists, operated mostly in Whitehall silos and took a backseat to ‘generalists’ were recalled recently in Heywood... 
by Kathy Hall and Gus O'Donnell | Mar 31, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, International Perspectives, The Top Articles of 2025, Third Edition
Gus O’Donnell and Kathy Hall review what the latest Blavatnik Index has to show us about comparative strengths and weaknesses Sir Chris Wormald, the new Cabinet Secretary, told Parliament earlier this year that great policymakers are “self-confident enough to...
