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Nov 3, 2022 · The senior civil service is a recognised group within the wider British civil service, constituting the top three layers of the service. It is important to put the SCS into context. Firstly, the civil service as a whole is only a small part – organisationally – of the whole public service in the UK. The public sector as a whole – which ...
Apr 15, 2021 · Episode 7: Flipping the script with former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane. In this, the last episode of Leading Questions series 3, Andy Haldane talks about thriving on leading through crisis and the challenges and opportunities “when the old is broken and the new is yet to be forged”. Having spent 32 years at the Bank of ...
Apr 20, 2022 · Exclusive insights from civil servants on the power of innovation Over the years, civil services around the world have tried a range of initiatives to improve productivity – often with […] Transforming UK public services with AI
Apr 8, 2024 · If you weren’t a civil servant, what would you be? If I wasn’t a civil servant I would be back at a tech start-up, leading a team to develop disruptive new products, or just being a software engineer and writing code. Do you have any unusual hobbies? I’m not sure if it can be considered unusual but I enjoy baking, usually pastry and bread.
Sep 19, 2024 · 21 & 22 January 2025 – Singapore. Hosted by the Singapore Government, the Global Government Summit is a unique annual event where the world’s most senior public servants explore the challenges faced by civil services around the world. Sessions are held in a round table format under the Chatham House Rule, fostering frank and open dialogue ...
Sep 10, 2024 · Civil Service. The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil servant is a person employed in the public sector by a government ...
Apr 21, 2021 · Singapore chief on the biggest challenges facing civil servants: learning pace and earning faith. Leo Yip, head of the Singapore civil service, addresses attendees of the Global Government Summit in 2020. This year's event was held online. Many civil servants responded to the pandemic with enormous speed and innovation – and their populations ...
Aug 30, 2021 · Martin Fraser, Ireland’s most senior official, will become ambassador to the UK next year. Pic by Department of the Taoiseach. The Irish government’s most senior civil servant has been appointed as ambassador to the UK, in a move widely regarded as an attempt to strengthen ties between the two countries amidst the turbulence caused by Brexit.
Jun 21, 2021 · Brankin was outlining what he sees as the key challenge facing leaders in the UK civil service as they contemplate what working practices might look like in a post-pandemic world. He was taking part in a GGF webinar that considered the findings of the recent Civil Service Remote Working Survey, supported by Dell
Dec 17, 2023 · The first step is to acknowledge that decision-making will never be perfect. There is always difficulty with complex decisions and people will often not know the answer. However, a lot of effective outcomes can be designed by using best judgement and estimates of a likely result. For civil servants,improving decision-making processes at such a ...
