All posts tagged "Alex Chisholm"
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Building diverse public service workforces that reflect the communities they serve
Organisations with diverse leaderships are better able to meet citizens’ needs and expectations – but how can civil service bodies broaden the range of people who make it to the
- Posted June 2, 2024
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Governments are redefining their approach to productivity
At the Global Government Summit, civil service leaders identified the keys to driving up government productivity: staff wellbeing, smart incentives, digital technologies – and easing out those who resolutely refuse
- Posted May 26, 2024
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Governments navigate the double-edged sword of AI
Artificial intelligence could boost civil service productivity by 45%, estimates suggest – but it also presents major new challenges for government, including rapid economic change and an urgent need for
- Posted May 19, 2024
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AI could automate 84% of repetitive service transactions across government, UK half way to net zero: news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence AI could help automate around 84% of repetitive service transactions across government A recent report from The Alan Turing Institute
- Posted April 4, 2024
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Civil servants must take ‘long-term stewardship view’, says outgoing UK Cabinet Office chief
The chief operating officer (COO) of the UK Civil Service today urged civil servants to retain their focus on long-term goals and structural reforms, even as the new crises emerging
- Posted March 19, 2024
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Public sector leaders to come together at Innovation 2024 to share global best practice for government
Civil and public servants will meet in London next month to share insights on how modern governments can work effectively at Global Government Forum’s annual Innovation conference. Innovation 2024 will
- Posted February 27, 2024
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Tech talent urged to ‘give working for government a go’ as UK seeks to boost skills
Technology graduates have been urged not to let a lack of familiarity with government operations hold them back from working to deliver public services by one of the UK government’s
- Posted November 26, 2023
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UK government officially shuts down beleaguered Verify ID service
The UK government’s controversial GOV.UK Verify platform has been closed down for good following an announcement that no public services were using it to support user logins. The platform, developed
- Posted May 8, 2023
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UK chief operating officer tackles the constraints on innovation in government
At the Innovation conference in London on 21 March, UK civil service chief operating officer Alex Chisholm mapped out the barriers to innovation in government, and suggested ways to tackle
- Posted March 21, 2023
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Details emerge of UK civil service job cuts – but minister backs away from 91,000 target
A senior minister has said that the UK government is to go ahead with plans for job cuts in the civil service due to “budget pressures” – but has indicated
- Posted January 31, 2023