Jess Bowie
Editor at Civil Service World
Co-editor of @CSWNews with @SuzannahCSW. This is basically a 'not the point, but...' account. Views are my own.
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1 month ago |
civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Jess Bowie |Suzannah Brecknell
Public sector leaders should do more to encourage a “speak up” culture in their organisations, the Committee on Standards in Public Life has said. A report by the independent standards watchdog, published today, says a more “open” and “curious” approach will improve public bodies’ ability to spot and react to early warning signs, enabling improvements that could potentially avert disaster.
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1 month ago |
civilserviceworld.com | Elizabeth E. Gardiner |Jess Bowie |Suzannah Brecknell
What is the primary duty of the civil service? Speaking last month after an employment tribunal agreed she had been unfairly dismissed, FCDO whistle-blower Josie Stewart argued this should not be “to protect their political masters; it should be to serve government but also the public interest. Truth and accountability matters”.
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2 months ago |
civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Jess Bowie
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has spoken in defence of civil servants, saying it has never been his experience that officials were responsible for blocking policy objectives he was pursuing. Recent years have seen a dramatic shift in political appetite for blaming the civil service for government policy objectives failing to materialise, with preparations for the UK’s departure from the European Union a particular flashpoint.
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2 months ago |
civilserviceworld.com | Jess Bowie |Ben Connah
Before becoming an executive coach, Peter Shaw was a civil servant whose decades as an official spanned several departments and three director general posts. Since switching careers in 2004 and becoming a founder member of the international coaching organisation Praesta Partners in 2005, he has coached chief executives from multinational companies, public sector bodies and charities, as well as permanent secretaries, DGs, vice-chancellors, board chairs and emerging leaders.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
civilserviceworld.com | Dave Penman |Jess Bowie |Jim Dunton
A New Year heralds a new cabinet secretary and head of the civil service. Welcome, Chris, all is fine. It says a lot about the past few years that the most experienced permanent secretary didn’t appear on many people’s lists for top pick as Simon Case’s replacement. A job that used to be defined as being in the shadows has in recent times been a very public one, through necessity rather than choice, I would suggest. Events have thrust the role and its occupants into the limelight.
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6-year-old is going through his 'Ezra' phrase so I've been forced to mull these lyrics. To throw a party on the *DAY* she dies would seem more like a celebration of her death, rather than of her life. (Which one would expect from a more traditional wake, held a few weeks later) https://t.co/gjOPhk4uYD
RT @joshglancy: Proper headline https://t.co/yivWivRngy
RT @shockproofbeats: Lot of 'thick person's idea of a smart person' here. He means melanin not melatonin men have X chromosones too, and a…