The first DWP Digital Academy in Fulham opened for business on 24 February 2014. It was set up to help us increase our capacity and grow more of our own digital capability across DWP. This week we reached an important milestone as our 100th …
We had a lot of interest in our blog about building our Business Design skills at DWP. We’ve recognised that working towards a joined-up business design – a clear description of our future customer proposition and the way we’ll organise …
It has been about 6 months since we started to build the Business Design community at DWP. Some of our community are already finding that being able to operate in these roles is a great way to develop their career. When we set up …
Most people claiming Carer’s Allowance go online instead of asking for a form to be posted to them. That’s because we’ve made a digital service that really is simpler, clearer and faster than putting pen to paper. Over a third …
When the Carer’s Allowance Digital Service (CADS) project went through discovery (long before I joined the team), they were asked to build and iterate a first class customer facing service but also begin the transformation of the Carer’s Allowance digital …
“I have a dream” a man once said. He went on to describe exactly what that dream was. His articulation was so successful that many of those listening heard a call to arms and understood that it was the start …
We want to make better use of social media to provide a more professional and consistent experience for our claimants. Later this Autumn we’ll be testing and learning by giving access to Facebook and YouTube to staff in 3 Jobcentre …
I LOVE innovation because of all those fantastic things that can really improve our lives. As a traveller, my smartphone brings me internet, email, calendar, photos and best of all face to face contact with my nearest and dearest. These …
Now that DWP has defined what business and digital transformation means for the department, we're fully focused on developing some of the things we need to make it happen. One of the important building blocks is a business design, made …
In my last blog I wrote about Business Transformation in DWP. We are leading a step change in the way that the whole of DWP operates. That means delivering the policy intent and the service citizens expect from government, in …
