Start as you mean to go on?
I’m not a big believer in the mantra I’ve alluded to in the title. I think it’s more important to just start - we live in an age in which it’s becoming increasingly acceptable to try things out, test what works, then learn from mistakes (and from successes).
For some reason all of this seems to have passed Government by, particularly when it comes to technology and its application to some of the most pressing problems we face today.
So if I want this to change, I’d better walk the talk, and get started…
As an IT Professional working in the UK Civil Service, I’m going to start by exploring what can be done to improve how we use IT/technology/the web/digital, as well as the more fundamental cultural, managerial, and leadership issues we face in the Public Sector. I’ll also talk about anything that interests me professionally, drawn from experience past, present and wherever I go in future. This could end up being anything from Green IT to Behavioural Science, Search Engine Optimisation to SharePoint Implementation, Keyboard Shortcuts to Excel Tutorials - we’ll see what happens. If you want something a bit more fun, try my personal Tumblr - this one is definitely the drier, geekier cousin to thus spoke zakazaka.
I’ll probably get it wrong at times - I’m in the early stages of my career, and don’t claim to be an expert on anything; I’ll welcome any (constructive) comments once I’ve got Discus set up. Of course all the opinions expressed in this blog and elsewhere are my own, not that of my employer, and I’ll of course be mindful of what I should and shouldn’t disclose (let me know if I’ve overstepped the line at any point).
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