Eleven years a blogger

According to the archive on this site, I’ve been writing this blog for eleven years today – since September 2004. This is the 2,646th post and there have been 4,263 comments on them over the years. Lots has changed in that time, personally and professionally. It’s fair to say that I wouldn’t be where I … Keep reading

What I’m talking about when I’m talking about government as a platform

So, a little while ago I posted about government as a platform, and mentioned three main components that matter, particularly to us at Adur and Worthing with our approach. However, I’ve been involved in various conversations where I’ve been confused about how other people define platform thinking, which I think goes to the root of … Keep reading

Post-post-bureaucrat

I’ve always rather liked the title of Steph’s blog and how he gives us occasional updates on how his life outside of the government machine is going. His post-bureaucrat life seems to be going really well. I left government as a direct employee back in 2008 from which point on I was self employed, with … Keep reading