James Marwood

Building a healthy and happy team Team health has become Dan Cook's passion in the past few years. In this post, he talks about how happy and healthy teams deliver at the peak of their capacity and capabilities and how they can be inc...

Dan Cook at PDS:

Biasing towards "people with a clear aptitude for getting things done, with strong emotional intelligence, collaboration and communication skills, and, crucially, the desire to learn and improve" over qualifications.

pds.blog.parliament.uk/2018/10/01/b...

It is. Fantastic art inside as well :)

… procurement, which would really help my assessment but risks too much friction for the candidate.

Any best practice ideas I should be drawing from?

… the candidate as much as us.

What else should I be considering or taking away.

We use CVs and optional covering letters, rather than application forms.

I have considered asking shortlisted candidates to write 5-6 100 word responses to various questions, in the manner of a DOS… (cont)

I'm in the middle of refining and improving our recruitment process at BG. At the moment we tend to go with a quick screening call, an in-depth behavioural interview and sometimes a technical interview or case review depending on the skills.

I want to make this as effective as possible, for… (cont)

It's the gorgeous limited edition version of Chaosium's Rivers of London tarp. Based on the excellent Ben Aaronovitch's novels

Travel and work like that can be brutal, and quite bad for your health. I', glad you've got a rhythm that works - and space to nap!

The point about the value of the data the state holds is very well made. Not necessarily citizen data, but that relating to the running of government is a strategic asset, and should be treated as such.

David Sparks is a lawyer/writer in the US apple tech space who does all his book writing through dictation - MacSparky.com. I think he's talked about his approach in his podcasts

It's hardly a major problem, but I'm on 6 meds and I have to keep a note of them on my phone because every HCP I speak to asks - presumably because they can't see my care record. That probably accounts for 20% of the time in any appointment.

When I used to switch time zones every few days I found the secret was to follow the sun and local meal times. Sun when you should awake and as dark as possible when you should be asleep. Breakfast local time. Usually sorted out my jet lag in one night.