Martin Jordan worked as Head of Service Design at the Government Digital Service and UK Cabinet Office. He helped the government improve its services and increase service design capability. He was also the service owner for the GOV.UK Service Manual and Service Standard.
Now, Martin is working as Head of Design in the German government’s Digital Service. Follow Martin on Twitter.
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.
...around the world to support them on their digital transformation agendas, taking a peer to peer approach and learning valuable insights that also help GDS progress. The team, along with...
Many designers in government either began, or have had extensive careers, in the private sector before joining the Civil Service. In this blog post, they share some of the differences they observed.
We reviewed the work of designers and design-minded professionals across the UK government and identified 5 main areas where they are addressing climate change.
In Cabinet Office, we are looking for designers to join us and work on services that matter and are genuinely user-centred.
What should a portfolio look like when applying for a design role in government? Whatever your experience level, in this post you’ll find advice on how to shape a good portfolio, what is expected of you and why having and updating a portfolio is important.
...actively engaging them in a systems-mapping process. We lacked experience in timing remote workshops. We had carefully planned the agenda using the pomodoro technique: 25 minute chunks of activity with...
...a day for celebrating achievements, exchanging experiences and identifying new ways of working together. Local #govdesign Day is for welcoming the designers and design-minded public servants working in local government...
...Service, is going to examine how good interaction design can fail in the absence of good content design, Laura Young from GDS will speak about data-informed content and how data...
...28 May, the City and County of San Francisco will host a Gov Design meetup on designing public services. The Gov Design meetup started in London. There have been 12...
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