Hi everyone, I wrote about the state of case management software in social care and local authorities. In short; it is a hard nut to crack and one that can be cracked with commitment, coordination and central goverment involvement. words.ff.studio/localgov-soc...

Local gov care case management - a perfect storm of cost, coordination and vendor lock-in - FF Studio

Social care is the beating heart of how adults and children across the UK receive essential health and well-being support every day. But without

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Just paid my internet tithe and donated to Wikipedia. You should too. 👍

Fuck yes someone at the very heart of government saying this so thoughtfully and clear throated. What’s this funny tingling feeling… is it hope and pride? More of that. 💪 www.gov.uk/government/s...

Reform of the state has to deliver for people

Speech on reforming the public sector delivered by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden at University College London, Stratford.

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Am I nervous or hungry? I’m 40 and still find that one tricky.

Surround yourself with colleagues who will tell you mid-meeting, "Don't do that; it makes you look like a tw*t". **chefkiss**

Via the medium of emoji, can those in the know respond to the Cabinet Secretary appointment. Many thanks.

What is clear is how closely MPs have studied this legislation. There is genuine collaboration on possible amendments, engagement with the smallest detail and deep consultation with constituents. If only it could always be like this!

"I’m very proud of the way these events create a space for producty people to come together and that we encourage a broad church of participants from different sectors and spaces." **chef kiss** digitalbydefault.com/2024/11/29/2...

[2024] Week 48 – Product for the People 6

Yesterday Debbie and I hosted the sixth edition of the Product for the People gatherings (third Musketeer Steve was recovering from his adventures in Tokyo). Thanks to the generosity of Ben W (form…

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Massive shout out to @jukes.ie and @debblanch44.bsky.social for running Product for the People yesterday. It felt very real-talk, open and honest. There was a good spread of "generations" in the room too. Its lovely to have a space that engenders collective sprit and has a bit of hope. A+

I bloody love Roy Keane.

Details, graft and the-little-things-which-point-to-larger-things give me lots of hope. @soniaturcotte.bsky.social has written a delicious blog post about how we landed equity, climate and witty report titles in the Sport England Pilot Fund work we did. 👌 soniaturcotte.com/writing/spor...

I'm hiring >> 🔐Head of Cyber Security at the🎬 British Film Institute (BFI) 💵 circa £85K. A brand new role in an organisation that is taking cyber seriously. Please share! Apply by Mon 9 Dec, hear back by Christmas, interviews in Jan. bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrec...

I never got around to my FF Studio aggrandising blog post. But dont trust me, I'm clearly biased. @rodm.bsky.social wrote something and that is even better. "Find yourself teams like this and let it rip." ❤️ www.holdfastprojects.com/sport-england

Forms are temporary, class is permanent - Sport England - Rod McLaren: Words that work

21 October 2024 In autumn 2023 I worked in a team at FF Studio to design and build a tactical, invite-only fund for Sport England in 12 weeks. “We

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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy

Ben Unsworth@benunsworth.co.uk · 2y ago

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy

10 minutes to the next bus so may as well post about something non-controversial. Assisted dying. :) It’s very clear that a PMB is entirely the wrong approach for this. I support the aims of the legislation but aims are meaningless without a concrete plan to achieve them. 🧵

PSA to all the centrist dads The new Father John Misty album just dropped. As you were.

Love seeing @rufflemuffin.bsky.social push this forward.

Sarah Drummond@rufflemuffin.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're back! In our 6th episode @theschoolofgood.bsky.social Dead Ends, we've gone all luxury We talk about what makes a service luxurious? I mention the romans (again), Lou chats sumptuary laws and what happens when we apply luxury principles to public services good.services/deadendspodc...

I've drafted a newsletter/blog/reckon about how good FF Studio is becoming, and today, I'm drafting why I think that. It feels a bit self agrandising, but I'm also a bit proud. And also think we could help lots of people and organisations. I suppose all blogging/promotion can feel like that?

PSA @jo-scho.bsky.social is spectacularly competent, helpful and fun to be around As you were.

I have a spare few hours in central London this afternoon - what gallery or thing should I be doing?

This should be an interview question for anyone in any digital / service / radical design role.

Dave Guarino@allafarce.bsky.social · 2y ago

Also not to say the words are not high leverage especially early. Just that there’s a way to do it that is a wedge in to the next layer, and there’s a way to do it that relieves the pressure that you want and need for actual change.

Also not to say the words are not high leverage especially early. Just that there’s a way to do it that is a wedge in to the next layer, and there’s a way to do it that relieves the pressure that you want and need for actual change.

Shout out to everyone who helped me through the last five odd years. Especially @annagoss.co 💪

Going through a professional knee-bend. I think. More focused than I have been in a while. Long may it continue.

We turned something very dull about passing a legally compliant process into something spicy about market consolidation. Always here at your service. Tell your friends, bosses and people with hard tech and design problems they need solving.

Anna Goss@annagoss.co · 2y ago

BLUESKY EXCLUSIVE! FF Studio will be on GCloud 14, you can now legally procure our computer skills and we'll chuck in our wit and good looks for free words.ff.studio/on-gcloud-14

With all this chat about long-term growth (and it being 1.5%) I keep thinking of 2nd half of Donut Economics (which is amazing). If this is a new normal for post-victorian Britain and GDP kind of ignores climate "costs"... shall we talk about... sustainable policies rather than growth?

This thread 😍

Richard Pope@richardpope.org · 2y ago

I'm a bit late to the party, but: * Setup for a post-app world * Invest in society-wide digital public infrastructure (‘the real-deal’ version) * Cultivate new digital presences in major areas of public policy (justice, education, etc)

More of this kind of thing: "Only larger suppliers can compete on price like this, shrinking the SME sector. Driving market consolidation rather than growth" 👏👏👏 www.dxw.com/2024/10/4-id...

4 ideas for the digital centre of government

Harry and Molly share their vision for the future of digital public services

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@mattstibbs.bsky.social @e17chrisfleming.bsky.social this is *chef kiss* public.digital/pd-insights/... I would love to hear your thoughts on making the following possible... "is inoculated from political change and cabinet reshuffles."

Some blogposts I wrote about the public sector were chosen as required reading for a seminar on the Yale Law course. I just spoke during the seminar with about 20 super-smart law students and professors. We covered politics, design and technology and I'm absolutely buzzing with excitement.