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#weeknotes are blogposts about our working week. for us but shared with you.

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Dan Barrett

Head of Data Science at Citizens Advice. These are my personal thoughts on work.

@jukesie

Applying the culture, practices, processes & technologies of the Internet-era to respond to people’s raised expectations…as a service :) notbinary.co.uk

Ryan Dunn

Data Science Hub Lead @DWPDigital. These are my personal thoughts.

Sam Villis

Service design and organisational change. Previously at: Social Finance, Local Digital Collaboration at MHCLG, GDS, Cabinet Office, M&CSaatchi.

Louise Cato

Chief Operating Officer at Delib. Doing democracy (and alliteration, apparently). Running London Marathon in April 2025 and banging on about it until then

Jonathan Kerr

Nerd/geek. Super excited about practical applications of tech. All views mostly cadged from someone smarter.

Amanda

All things data, digital, design, communities, leadership & open culture. With relentless optimism and plenty of magic.

Julie Byrne

Head of Digital Capability at the Parliamentary Digital Service. I love cycling, travel and live music. These are my personal views on work and cycling.

Katherine Rooney

New to Medium, new to Weeknotes, I tweet @krooneyrooney

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The home of #weeknotes

Richard McLean

Chief of staff @ElsevierConnect (Academic & Government group). Mainly writing about getting from A to B, teams, & digital product stuff. Personal account.

Lizzi Standing

Digital Services Officer working in a #localgov digital team. Working to make our corner of the internet that little bit better for everyone. All opinions mine.

Sharon Dale

Empowering Neurodivergent professionals to thrive at work

Jess Neely

User centred designer at PDR. Twitters me @jess_neely

Nour Sidawi

Ben Unsworth

Alex Gadsby

Designer of gardens and services

Steve Messer

Product & design at Boring Magic

Andy Jones

Head of Design in Department for Education.

Nour Sidawi

Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government @UKCivilService . Part of @OneTeamGov

Cate McLaurin

Director @PublicDigitalHQ. @madebycatem. alumni @IIPP_UCL MPA graduate. Views are my own. Interested in change, innovation, leadership and digital

James Green

Senior Interaction Designer at DWP Digital. Previously User Researcher and Senior Interaction Designer at HMPPS Digital (Ministry of Justice).

Zoe G

Head of Product & Delivery @ CQC. Enthusiastic about true Transformation. Using Digital as a means to drive Business and cultural change. All views are my own.

Emily Labram

Product Manager in government @gdsteam, previously @bibliocloud, @harpercollinsuk. Loves making things better.

Gurpreet Sehmi

Humans, change, design and tech lover. Director at Public Digital.

Tom Broughton

Lily Spek

One of the #GCAgents working to make the world a little better. @OneTeamGovCan. Lover of policy and A Cappella.

Richard Walker

product person @gdsteam. in pursuit of new music, good food, interesting stories, and the ability to keep houseplants alive

Tom Harrison

Senior Delivery Manager at Unboxed

Carianne Whitworth

Product manager at Full Fact, and previously at The National Archives.

Alex Wilson

Hi, I'm Alex, I work on journalism enablement at the Financial Times, and I write a bit about technology and product mostly on my blog: alexwilson.tech

Hope Harris

One of the government of Canada’s Free Agents, I have taken a few months to work remotely from New Zealand. Happy to share my experiences and what I’m learning!

Giuseppe Sollazzo

www.puntofisso.net — Subscribe to my data newsletter at http://puntofisso.net/newsletter

Trilly Chatterjee

Head of Product @NHSEngland. Prev. @NHSDigital @HMRCgovUK. Help teams make better things (including better teams). Views expressed here not my employers'.

Carolyn Parker

Andy Callow

Husband. Dad to 3 smashing lads. Cub Leader. MAMIL. CDIO for Nottingham University Hospitals. Ex UHN and NHS Digital. Views own. Always learning.

Simon Wilson

Independent strategist, designer and team builder. Previously: Agency land big cheese; Senior designer at HMRC, DWP, and NHS Jobs; Design lead on #NHSbeta.

Phil Eadie

Head of Service Improvement, new #weeknoter.

Gavin James

Self-taught technologist. Business writing coach. Multipotentialite. www.gavinjames.co.uk

James Higgott

Head of Product for the NHS App. South London resident.

Steph Percival

Baby Mama. GoC Free Agent. Positive Disruptor. Ponderer. Storyteller. Bona fide book nerd sniffing out the next great read.

Mark Hastings

Proud father and husband, avid skier and golfer, England rugby, Leeds United, transformer of organisations. Love to #MakeADifference

Paul Salkeld

Human Factors Engineer at TfL. Interested in transport and automation. Views my own. Twitter: @ErgoEvrywhr

Sarah

A bit of digital government, a few weeknotes, and whatever else inspires. The opinions and views expressed here are my own

Jenny Duckett

Corinne Pinfold

Jessica Rose Morley

AI Lead for DHSC, MSc Student at the OII, Tech for Good enthusiast and volunteer for One HealthTech

Matt Edgar

Digital transformation director at NHS England, based in Leeds, UK. Views my own. Also at blog.mattedgar.com

Simon McCartney

Freelance Service Architect taking the tentative steps to dip my toes in the world of UX and HCD. Part time photographer, full time dad. https://camnomis.com/

John Fitzgerald

Digital Evolution @digiscot, philosophy grad, Norn Iron via London, now in Edinburgh, cyclist, sailor, designer, quaker. Tweets/views my own.

Rebecca Heywood

Making government work better | Governments Lead at U.S. Digital Response| Writing about government, transit and equity

Joseph Bramall

Service Designer at FutureGov

Gavin Freeguard

Freelance, gavinfreeguard.com. All things (usually government) data. Dataviz etc newsletter at twitter.com/WarningGraphicC.

Marcus Shepheard

Lewis Lloyd

Researcher on tech and bits of Brexit at the Institute for Government

Janne Mattila

Lead designer in innovation lab at the Finnish Social Security Institution. I’m a strong advocate for making things open but struggle to find time for sharing.

David Bent

suse miessner

I am a service designer in Inland, the Finnish Immigration Service’s Innovation lab. My background is in architecture, interaction design and coding.

Steph Percival

Paul Frainer

Senior Partner TPXimpact Place and Infrastructure Planning I Digital l Government l Italian l British l Bassist l Trees l Coffee/Red Wine l Football/Cricket

Valerie McLean

I love helping people be better every day. Based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Lauren Bevan

Head of Healthcare for BJSS. Clinician, accountant and data scientist. Not always in that order. Volunteer for One HealthTech.

Tobi Ogunsina

Senior Product Manager | Introvert | Former Designer. https://tobiogunsina.com/ https://twitter.com/tobiogunsina

Matthew Cain

Customer services, Digital and Data @ Hackney. Obsessed by digital + policy. Ex policy wonk and failing entrepreneur. Distracted by sport. Personal views

Rob Miller

I work in local government IT and am passionate about the potential for technology to help create excellent public services.

henry lewis

Head of Platform, London Borough of Hackney. @henryintheopen. Walker, poker player, dad. Struggling to keep up most of the time. Views all my own.

James Kirk

Head of software engineering at the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Writing code, developing capability and building community.

Imogen Levy 👩‍💻

Head of Product @NHSEngland leading a project transforming the patient experience of 'First Contact' with the NHS. All views my own. I also make prints.

Jo Garwood-Backshall

Principal Consultant at Public Digital. Previously at UAL, Citizens Advice, Stonewall and UCL.

Sal Kimmich

Data Scientist and Open Source Architect by day. All things consciousness and computational by night.

Lisa Shields

Lecturer at City of Glasgow College. Studying MADTCE at The University of Manchester. Writing reflections of teaching and learning.

Annie Heath

Digital Design Manager. Feminist. Public Sector Endurance Medallist. Lessons learned from the Local Gov transformation life. Woman on the verge.

Victoria Hunt

Product manager for Croydon Digital Service. Previously worked in digital health and social care, publishing and journalism. Trustee for Changing Faces

Dave Martin

Creative Technologist @cxpartners

Imran Hussain

I do communities stuff. I help out with @govcampnorth @ leedsgovjam @oneteamgov

Eleanor Dean

Senior content designer at the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Formerly at NCVO, the BMA and Refugee Action.

Cassie Robinson.

Working with Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, P4NE, Arising Quo & Stewarding Loss - www.cassierobinson.work

Peter Bromley

Product Manager. Views are my own.

Darren McCormac

Musings, mostly around agile delivery

Hannah Dell'Armi

Digital northern monkey by day, bookworm and Disney geek by night. Can be found championing #agiledelivery at #DWPdigital

Suzanne Hamilton

Software developer at The National Archives.

Mar Murube

Strategic design + UX research

Kate Swade

trying out an intentional approach to freelance life. exploring #communitytech, #governance, #orgdev, #selfmanagement, #coaching and seasonal living.

Alex Shiell

Digital @RushmoorCouncil. Chair @MarlowCanoeClub. Views are my own.

Martha Edwards

Service Designer at the BC Public Service.

ian roddis

by nature a product manager, working in digital and health

Luke Waterfield

Head of Digital Communications & Data Innovation at the Greater London Authority

Kirsten Hopkins

Business Consultant: Charity & Public Sectors | Design, Innovation and Change Specialist | Advisor: Social Switch Project; Bethnal Green Ventures; #YANA

Olivia

Coach and Strategist. Latest writing on Don't Like Mondays : https://fluxandfly.substack.com/

Oliver Hannan

I write my personal opinions here, not those of my employer. I live and work in London as a product manager.

Edafe Onerhime

Edafe Onerhime specialises in making impact with data. Her motto: Data + Design + Culture. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her wife and cat. She/Her.

Tom Morgan

Designer working in UK Gov. Digging, mapping, making and iterating. Putting users first. Welsh-ish. Dad x2. Inveterate doodler. Comedy geek.

Stephanie Cole

Social change leadership, connect, collaborate @ywccommunity @socialleadersne @scotswoodgarden

Neil Lawrence

Product Owner with Placecube. Local Gov survivor. All views are my own. This is a Format #2 blog (https://www.usethehumanvoice.com/formats/)

Tim Robinson

Tech, productivity, growth. Commercial Director East Midlands AHSN.

Nick Rowlands

I write my personal opinions here, not those of my employer. I work for the Ministry of Justice as a principle developer. https://rowlando.dev

Ert Erol

Head of Product, Essex County Council, via dxw, Ofsted, CQC, Civil Service Fast Stream, BBC

Heledd Evans

Digital Manager at Natural Resources Wales. Playing the long game of digital transformation. Passionate about making public services more user-centred.