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Sparking innovation: how to build a more adventurous, inventive workforce

At Innovation 2020, senior civil service leaders discussed how reforming recruitment, staff development and accountability systems gives officials the skills and tools to meet challenges. Elaine Knutt reports on their […]

Find your identity: making progress on digital ID verification

Every country wants a digital ID system – but few have successfully built them. At a recent GGF webinar, civil service leaders from Germany, Norway, and digital trailblazers Estonia and […]

Use your intelligence: former UK spy chief on good decisions and poor information

These days, the public discourse is awash with fake news; but intelligence operatives have always worked in an environment of uncertainty and incomplete data. At a lecture last week, former […]
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Rebuilding public finances: exploring the post-pandemic recovery

As governments invest in keeping their economies ticking over, civil servants are thinking about how to close yawning budget deficits. At a recent webinar, finance leaders considered how best to […]

The final lap: an interview with the UK’s open banking champion

With use of open banking gathering pace in the UK, Imran Gulamhuseinwala tells Ian Hall about the journey so far, the challenges ahead – and open banking’s potential for government. […]

Take out the tedious: robotic automation in government

Taking on routine, high-volume tasks, Robotic Process Automation can create huge time savings for both public servants and citizens. At a GGF webinar, experts from Finland, Romania, the USA and […]

Civil service transformers: adapting to a changing world

In a world of ever-quickening change, civil services must constantly transform themselves – adapting their structures and operations to meet the public’s fast-changing needs. At this GGF webinar, the civil […]

Construction or demolition? Explaining Boris’s new Brexit battle

UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking […]

Amidst the pandemic, African statistics are better than you think

Africa’s statisticians have done a remarkable job of gathering data on the pandemic, say Ghana’s chief statistician and the head of PARIS21. With more funding, they could go much further […]

UK must learn lessons from poor pandemic response, says former Cabinet secretary

Almost every country has suffered during the pandemic – but the UK has been particularly badly hit, with huge damage to people’s health, incomes and wellbeing. Matt Ross hears Lord […]