This happened. The print interview was edited in ways that feel very jumpy, but I got to say some things. Like: Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war. [and then there's a crazy jump-cut w/out transition.]
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Hereβs a few collaboration pointers for the public sector. If we all did a bit more of this weβd spend less and generate way more value. Weβd probably enjoy our jobs a lot more too
willcallaghan.com/how-to-be-a-...
Asking Awkward Questions As A Service is back for IWD.
If you'd like me to ask an awkward question of your employer (or former employer) this weekend, nominate them here π
iwd.momentusco.org
Reform have misspelt 2 out of the 3 Welsh words on their manifesto for Wales.
Nigel Farage and Wales leader Dan Thomas proudly held up the manifesto at the launch yesterday.
On the front cover it reads "Family, community, country," which has been translated to "Teulu, gymnued, wlad."
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Move slowly and maintain things - white text on green round badge
Badge rediscovered
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So much good stuff in Nick Parker's Tone Knob newsletter. π
open.substack.com/pub/toneofvo...
Help National Conversations fill the bookshelves of newly elected members of the Senedd and Scottish Parliament with books on digital government (including Platformland!):
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If youβd like to support the initiative, learn more or get involved here π
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Tracey Wilson writes about how Department for Business and Trade are working on improving our published content in a world of AI summaries. digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2026/03/03/c...
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Whitehall often fails here because of massive, entrenched silos. But Wales' size is our strength. π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
We have the perfect scale to prove that mission-led government works.
The project model is dead. Itβs time to start working on the mission.
π transform.wales/blog/2026/a-...
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"AdriΓ‘n Ortega and the Accidental Vacuums" should be your band's name.
02.03.2026 17:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cc: @adrianortega.bsky.social π
02.03.2026 14:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great thread here π
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Joining NHS Wales last year, I found it baffling having to do days of mandatory training on things unrelated to my role in digital:
- how to sort clinical waste
- how to evacuate patients from hospital in a fire
And Welsh language awareness training as a Welsh speaker. π₯²
Nearly 800 people responded to a simple question from the Bevan Commission and Llais:
If you could break or change any rule to provide a better care experience in Wales, what would it be?
bevancommission.org/silly-rules-...
Real change is built through small, consistent acts:
β’ simplifying
β’ redesigning around users
β’ stopping what doesnβt work
On their own, they seem minor.
Who doesn't want a limited edition GLC x Dewi Sant sticker for Dydd Gwyl Dewi?
Gwnewch y pethau bychain.
Do the small things. π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
The first chapter on "a better government" is v. interesting...
"people centred", "open and transparent", "measurable outcomes", "test and learn"
Political parties don't often focus on ways of working/culture in government.
"And isnβt that it? All of it, I mean. The future is as unknowable as the past is inaccessible. Time, for us, flows one way. All we can doβall I can doβis keep trying, and remember to save our progress along the way."
longreads.com/2026/02/26/i...
An appointment is an activity. A healthier life is a result.
If we want to move the needle on climate or health, we have to stop measuring what we spent and start measuring the difference we made.
Read why the project model is broken: transform.wales/blog/2026/fr...
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Rhun ap Iorwerth on BBC Radio Wales today: "Itβs all about outcomes, not outputs." π―
Itβs a simple shift, but itβs exactly whatβs missing from our public services. Weβre world-class at staying busy - launching portals and ticking boxes - while the experience on the street stays the same. (1/2)
Listening to BBC Radio Wales this morning and the interview with Rhun ap Iorwerth.
Quite something to hear the leader of a party talk about the how of governing and using the words βitβs all about outcomes not outputsβ.
Reframing* oops.
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Thanks so much for this Dominika.
Like the idea of starting with the biggest framing of the problem - the potential feature we're looking at has diverted attention away from a (really massive) underlying problem.
Love the example too - great to see different approaches. Appreciate it!
It's also our first chance to show the value of starting with research rather than a solution...
So it feels very big.
Lol, have you ever worked in the public sector in Wales?! π«
Disco to investigate a potential new app feature, and kept broad as it's the first time they've had a UCD team to work on anything like this.
There are so many layers and angles and politics, so working out how to tell the story.
