Paul Maltby

Public sector product management in a vibe-coded world AI-assisted delivery is changing digital government. This post launches my paper on standards, governance and the craft of confidence at speed.

Vibe coding is lots of fun.

So too is asking how does “one person cosplaying as a product team” translate into AI-assisted delivery for public services?

I've written a very long thing about all of that. But here's a shorter thing to whet your appetite.

AI agents will join up government before government does AI agents will join up government before government joins up government. This will be a mixed blessing for citizens, with big implications for trust, equity and accountability. Let’s say you …

AI agents will join up government before government joins up government. This may be a mixed blessing.

Blog post. with some reflections about my recent agentic adventures:

loosemore.com/2026/02/25/a...

Some of us @transformgovtalks.bsky.social & some great govt policy people are planning @policycamp.bsky.social - a new unconference for people who want to make govt policymaking even better

Help shape it - here's a short survey!

Microsoft Form: bit.ly/MSPolicyCamp
Google Form: bit.ly/GPolicyCamp

Make things open it makes them better

As a supplier to government these days I would venture that it's a 'brave' strategy to ship a service that will make your all your clients so utterly livid

Graph of improving capability for chemistry/biology

Some pretty crazy staff in the AI Security Institute AI trends report.

For Chemistry & Biology it says frontier models now outperform PhD-level experts on open-ended questions, protocol generation, and lab-based troubleshooting

Don't you want me again Listen to Don't you want me again by Blap #np on #SoundCloud

Said cheesy cover ❤️
Listen to Don't you want me again by Blap on #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/kRThUprkIxGQ...

TheBasementPresents on Instagram: "Part 1 of the Tiny Gear Concert last night. It was such a good night and everyone crushed it with the cover challenge. All performances will be on YouTube soon but h... 40 likes, 0 comments - thebasementpresentsmusic on December 18, 2025: "Part 1 of the Tiny Gear Concert last night. It was such a good night and everyone crushed it with the cover challenge. All perfor...

Performed it together with an indulgently cheesy Human League cover at Leicester's tiny gear concert Wednesday night www.instagram.com/p/DSZ-6KkiBB...

A Die Hard Christmas Listen to A Die Hard Christmas by Blap #np on #SoundCloud

Signing off work for the year and actually feeling Christmassy. Here's my little festive musical contribution to the season
on.soundcloud.com/GdTywHE9mhZu... 😁 🎄

I'm jealous!

Whoever invented drums with headphones deserves a BIG medal

Is myCSP no longer a thing then? It looks different and I can't log in and civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk doesn't work with login details either. I'm pretty confused 🤷‍♂️

A Die Hard Christmas Listen to A Die Hard Christmas by Blap #np on #SoundCloud

I made it into a festive track last year, if you're feeling seasonal 😉

on.soundcloud.com/vLU8AEEk0vAM...

YouTube video by stenno78 Tiny Gear 19.11.25 Paul

And, in the unlikely chance anyone is interested, there's a YouTube clip of the performance too. Well I had fun anyway ;) youtu.be/xTG4rk16qGg

A little bit A track created for Tiny Gear Concert at Leicester's Real Ale Classroom November 2025, with the theme of Jazz samples. Includes the drone from Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda, percussion fro

Another jazz sample track I played is here: the Toureg / Shelf Lives /Alice Coltrane mashup no one (knew they) wanted
on.soundcloud.com/2Jyi9tDwItae...

That's Not Jazz A track made for the Tiny Gear Concert at Leicester's Real Ale Classroom November 2025, with the theme of Jazz samples. Featuring horns from the Kansas Smittys and everyone's favourite zookeeping jazz

My Mighty Boosh track is here on SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/oP5Csx9Gxgkt...

First time playing music in public in a long, long time last night at the Tiny Gear Concert in Leicester - the theme was jazz samples. Lots of fun and such a warm bunch of folks

I’m on the lookout for a new contract (preferably inside).

I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice.

Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good.

Thx :)

Where are the public sector reformers? Help us find them! When I joined the Institute for Government in 2013, the Government Digital Service (version 1.0) was in full swing. It provided an obvious…

Where are the public sector reformers? Help us find them! medium.com/kinship-work...

But this rapid tech change will have big implications and there appears to be little space outside of the political/media bear-pit to work these through, or how to mould policy, delivery and industry to our collective future advantage. So on balance I rather like Lucy's proposal and wish it well

Working in AI right now is like having one foot in the future. The speed of technology change makes the notion of civil service led 15-year strategy processes feel rather quaint. I worry that a big set piece strategy process would add to the noise and lethargy rather than practically help.

And before long the Government Digital Service had revolutionised the way in which longer-term public service design and delivery questions were framed, and did it with a mantra of 'The Strategy is Delivery'

I still mourn the loss of the practice of strategy and scenario work that pretty much ended with the decline of the PM's Strategy Unit and similar teams across government. But then again in 2010 my new Secretary of State asked, reasonably, along the lines of 'I set the strategy so what do you do?'

Enjoyed Lucy's lecture just now at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social on how to create the process to create a longer-term National Strategy for the UK

TransformGov Talks : September 2025 · Luma Dr Moira Nicolson, Lead Behavioural Scientist (Cabinet Office) and Honorary Research Fellow (UCL) plus Holly Marquez, Senior Behavioural Scientist, (Cabinet…

🚨 6PM, WED 24 September 🚨

Join us at the MoJ or online

* Dr Moira Nicolson & Holly Marquez "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlocks Breakthrough Innovation"
* ​Ben Sauer "Always Be Creating Clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytelling"

luma.com/sm09nslz

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Making a service map ...in a policy department Alice Whitehead writes about how the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities produced created a service map.

My old team at MHCLG made one see here publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2022/02/24/m...

And 'Frenchie' restaurant. Mmmm. Reminds me I need to go back to Paris maps.app.goo.gl/fzgLX5pJCbim...

Some years back when we were doing gov data stuff with the Etalab crew we hung out around the lovely Rue Montorgueil food market and local area, I think the 'Experimental' cocktail bar on Rue Saint Saveur was where we ended up. Who knows if it's still the same but I really liked this area of Paris

Where I have some thoughts on digital improvements that can follow from The Elections Strategy. I think the "digital notices" thing could be a really interesting pattern in legislation

The UK Gov Camp logo, which look like a fireball heading right. The top half is blue and rest is red. In the middle is a white line that looks like the river Thames.

UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.

We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.

@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.

Please share and reply with ideas 🙂