Heywood Quarterly

From haunted house to helping hand 👻🤝 @VictorDominello says it’s time to reimagine government from the ground up — with citizens at the centre. 🔗Read The Art of Horizontal Government now. tinyurl.com/horizontal-gov #DigitalGovernment #FutureGovernment #DigitalTransformation

What makes a good civil servant? 🤝 Discover the ten key traits valued by Jeremy Heywood… heywoodquarterly.com/the-ten-traits…

As Heywood Quarterly marks its one-year anniversary, founder Suzanne Heywood reflects on the successes of the past year - and what's to come... 📖 Check out all four of our editions for free: heywoodquarterly.com/editions/

🎉🎈 This week we are celebrating one year of The Heywood Quarterly 🎉🎈 Thank you for reading, sharing and growing with us. Here's to many more.  #Policy heywoodquarterly.com

The UK now has daily school attendance data and this is transforming how we manage education 👇 #education

The Fourth Edition of Heywood Quarterly is now live! 🎊 ‘Adapting government to a changing world’ includes seven brilliant articles and covers everything from digital government, science, AI and soft power. Read now: heywoodquarterly.com/editions/

How do governments plan for the long term while handling today’s challenges? New research from Heywood Fellow Lucy Smith explores the importance of long-term strategies and how to build them based on historic and international examples 👇 🔗heywoodfoundation.com/publications/

Does the government ignore things about the future known to be true, from a lack of appetite to confront them in the present? This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ykmz979m

We are delighted to see the publication today of the first thinking from Lucy Smith, our current Heywood Fellow, and her team, on how democracies can get better at thinking long term 👇

New real-time attendance data is transforming how schools in England tackle post-Covid absences — boosting student outcomes, accountability, and early intervention 🎒 📊 Read our latest article by @SusanAclandHood and Simon Blake to discover more...  🔗 heywoodquarterly.com/how-attendance…

Is the trend towards evidence-based innovation in policing a model for the public sector? 💡🚨 Matt Bland, COO of the Society for Evidence Based Policing, describes his thinking here (read his article for free on heywoodquarterly.com)👇

Across UK policing, a quiet revolution is underway. Evidence-based approaches take the scientific method and apply it to public safety. The results are compelling.  📖Read our latest article  heywoodquarterly.com/evidence-based… @PolicingWorks #EvidenceBasedPolicing #Innovation

Why does soft power matter? @CatrionaLaing1 explains in our latest article 👇

In the present day, soft power may feel like the diplomatic equivalent to a handwritten letter - elegant, but outdated. But, as @CatrionaLaing1 argues, influence through values and culture is anything but soft. It’s strategic👇 tinyurl.com/claingsp

"It's a rare, honest reflection from someone who was at the very centre of events and still cares passionately about the civil service" See Peter Mcdonald's reflections on his conversation with Helen MacNamara (and find the article at heywoodquarterly.com)👇

As former Deputy Cabinet Secretary, and one of Whitehall's most senior civil servants, Helen Macnamara has seen it all. From the Olympics, to Brexit and Covid-19, Helen reflects on lessons learnt from the heart of government. 🔗Read here tinyurl.com/helen-macnamara

How can digital government provide services for individuals across silos? That's what @VictorDominello discusses in our latest article 👇 #FutureGovernment  #Innovation #PublicSector #UserCentricDesign #DigitalTransformation #GovTech

Science + Government  → Good Policy Making But is it really that simple? We sat down with Professor Endersby, CEO of @metoffice to discuss AI, climate change and the crucial, yet often complex, relationship between science and politics 👇  heywoodquarterly.com/science-and-sc…

The Third Edition of the Heywood Quarterly - Fuelling Government with Data - is now live! Our latest edition, which explores the importance of data, technology, and AI in government is available to read on our website 👇 heywoodquarterly.com/editions/