All posts tagged "interview"

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  Restoring goodwill: former UK HR chief Kevin White on repairing national government’s damaged reputation

  The UK’s response to COVID-19 fostered a suspicion of leadership, says former UK HR chief Kevin White – but it’s also an opportunity to revive trust in public services. The

  • Posted November 13, 2020
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  ‘An iconoclastic government’: former DEXEU chief Philip Rycroft on threats to the UK and its democracy

  Philip Rycroft ran both the UK’s Brexit department, and Whitehall’s relations with the devolved governments. Now the former permanent secretary is speaking out: the Johnson government, he says, is ‘challenging

  • Posted October 16, 2020
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  Digital citizens: an interview with Estonia’s e-Residency chief, Ott Vatter

  When Estonia launched its e-Residency scheme five years ago, it was a leap in the dark. But as its managing director Ott Vatter tells Matt Ross, nowadays the programme is

  • Posted June 16, 2019
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  Data with destiny: an interview with Canada’s stats chief

  Anil Arora, the chief statistician of Canada, never planned on a long public sector career. But as he tells Matt Ross, a series of fascinating challenges have kept him in

  • Posted May 2, 2019
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  Getting off the Fens: the global journey of Social Impact Bonds

  Born as a pilot scheme in the Fens of East England, Social Impact Bonds have since been deployed in dozens of countries around the world – bringing together private finance,

  • Posted April 11, 2019
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  Breaking the deadlock: O’Donnell backs a confirmatory Brexit vote

  Former UK Cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell has spent nearly three years urging the government to unite behind a clear position on Brexit – but he’s finally concluded that only a

  • Posted April 9, 2019
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  Minor regrets, major changes: the EU’s former UK rep on a tumultuous four years

  Until 2017, Jackie Minor was the European Commission’s Head of Representation in the UK. As Brexit negotiations enter a dangerous and painful endgame, she reviews her time at the Commission

  • Posted February 14, 2019
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  A word from Eurohumph: former EC chief Robert Madelin on tech, skills & Brexit

  Robert Madelin, a former European Commission innovation and technology chief, tells Ian Hall of the digital challenges facing civil services on regulation and deployment. And then there’s Brexit: the UK’s

  • Posted January 16, 2019
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  Taming the tiger: NZ’s digital chief on harmonious e-government

  Tim Occleshaw, who runs New Zealand’s digital operation, has learned from the backlash against other countries’ central digital units – and established a ‘networked leadership’ model that leaves agencies in

  • Posted January 10, 2019
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  Enabling e-government: Estonia’s National Digital Advisor Marten Kaevats

  Widely recognised as one of the world’s digital leaders, Estonia has built a public IT infrastructure offering unparalleled convenience, security and data-exchange. The country’s lead digital adviser Marten Kaevats tells

  • Posted January 6, 2019
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