CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY Issue 21 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES – Subscribe for free here: October 2019 PRESERVING OUR SHARED HISTORY quarterly.blog.gov.uk IN THE DIGITAL AGE #CSQuarterly STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY – AND WHY IT’S NO LONGER AN “EASY SELL” CONTENTS SAFEGUARDING OUR NATION’S STORY John Sheridan, Digital Director, The National Archives 4 STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY AROUND Anthony Smith, CEO, Westminster Foundation for Democracy 10 THE WORLD FINDING THE ‘UNICORNS’: BEHAVIOURAL David Halpern, CEO, Behavioural Insights Team 16 SCIENCE IN GOVERNMENT GROWS UP ADAPTING OUR APPROACH TO Nick Smallwood, CEO, Infrastructure and Projects Authority 22 MANAGING MAJOR PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT: NEXT STEPS AND CHALLENGES Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, 28 FOR CIVIL SERVICE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Communities and Local Government MEASURING DEFENCE PRODUCTIVITY: Major Dom Prtak, Finance & Military Capability, 32 A FIRST STEP Ministry of Defence AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN PULLINGER John Pullinger, former UK National Statistician, 38 Head of the Government Statistical Service and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority Civil Service Quarterly opens up the CONTACT US EDITORIAL BOARD Civil Service to greater collaboration
[email protected] Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent and challenge, showcases excellence Room 317, 70 Whitehall, Secretary, Department of Health and invites discussion. If the Civil London, SW1A 2AS and Social Care (chair) Service is to be truly world-leading, it needs to collaborate more, learn Read the magazine online Alex Aiken, Executive Director, from experts outside the Civil and subscribe for free – Government Communications Service, listen more to the public quarterly.blog.gov.uk David Halpern, Chief Executive, and front-line staff and respond Behavioural Insights Team to new challenges with innovation EDITORIAL TEAM and boldness.