The ‘Introduction to service design’ has run as an agile service since 2018 – 35 times so far. The training evolves every time. We share how it works and why this matters.
We found that careers events for underrepresented groups is one of the most effective ways to increase the diversity of our team. Here’s how to run one in 14 steps.
...50 attendees “Service design in practice” was run 6 times with about 90 attendees “Cross-government peer critique day” was run approximately 10 times with about 100 attendees “User research ethics...
...community Communities are fluid and always changing based on the members that come and go. Communities exist and flourish because of community members—people get involved in communities related to their...
...meeting, it’s still of value. We’ve also ensured that we have a support structure in place for safeguarding measures. We want members to feel comfortable in their groups but to...
The GDS design team is not equitable enough. This means some people face more barriers than others in the workplace because of their characteristics or the groups they are a part of. We want to do better. In this blog post, we are sharing what we are doing to increase equity in the team.
The GDS design team aims to reflect the diversity of the society it serves. We conducted a demographics survey to see how well the design team represents the population of London before taking the next steps of improving the equity of the team.
The User-Centred Design (UCD) Community runs cross-government design critique (or ‘crit’) days so that designers can show their work in progress and get constructive feedback. We do this because designers...
...ways to create or encourage other learning opportunities, particularly peer learning and on-the-job learning. If you work in a digital team in government and would like to hear about our...
...They are open to designers across government and anyone else who wants to understand more about design, how to work with designers or become a designer in the future. GDS...
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