All posts tagged "workforce"
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Thawing the ‘middle management permafrost’: Management and workforce takeaways from Innovation 2025
Global Government Forum has used an artificial intelligence tool to analyse all the sessions at Innovation 2025 for takeaways relating to public and civil service management and workforce issues. Key
- Posted May 5, 2025
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Is DEI a spent force, or could it be revived by merit?
‘As governments worldwide face increasing scrutiny over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, how should they react, and could a merit-focused approach offer a more sustainable DEI future?’ ask Andrew
- Posted March 19, 2025
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News in brief: Canada’s vision for better digital services, UK urged to reverse climate rollbacks
Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence In this edition: Canada releases new vision for better digital public services The Government of Canada has published the latest
- Posted July 25, 2024
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Connected islands: Shared lessons for digital leaders in the Caribbean
The Caribbean contains huge diversity – but at a regional gathering of digital leaders, there was plenty of agreement on how to address the challenges they share. In this second
- Posted July 7, 2024
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US government’s HR agency publishes ‘workforce of the future’ playbook
The federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has published a new ‘playbook’ outlining actions that agencies can take to revamp HR practices and strategically plan their future workforces. Suggestions
- Posted February 28, 2024
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Australian public servants granted ‘right to disconnect’ but with exceptions, says minister
Officials working for Australia’s federal government will have the ‘right to disconnect’ in six months’ time, unless their contract explicitly states otherwise, minister for the public service Katy Gallagher has
- Posted February 20, 2024
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Australia publishes new government data and digital strategy; UK to accelerate plans to move 22,000 civil service roles out of London: news in brief
Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Australian government sets out ‘unified blueprint’ for maximising digital and data capabilities The Australian government
- Posted December 20, 2023
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UK civil servants make bid for four-day working week
Civil servants in the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have launched a campaign to work a four-day week. Staff at the department have called for a
- Posted December 12, 2023
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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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Don’t dim your light: leaders share their advice for fellow public service women
We launched the Global Government Women’s Network with a session at our AccelerateGOV conference in Ottawa, Canada, on 3 October. In it, five inspiring women leaders discussed everything from imposter
- Posted October 25, 2023