If the CaaP fits
Council as a Platform aims to make our systems work harder so our residents don't have to. Take a look at how we're doing it.
John Newton
John is a content designer at Essex County Council.
Intranet Discovery - Week Notes
The Intranet Discovery Week Notes are your opportunity to find out how the project is progressing in each sprint.
Jog on: taking lockdown in your stride
If lockdown's driving you around the bend, why not take a run around the block? Content designer, John, tells us how he's plodding through working from home.
Home comforts: keeping up morale when you're locked down
DIY desks, 'helpful' pets and living room yoga. Find out how the Service Transformation team are coping with working from home during lockdown.
Agile from the outside in
Councillor Madden dropped by to see what stand up was all about. He stayed to chat to us about how impressed he was with the team's energy, how he did stand up before it was a thing and his belief in empathy in the workplace.
Agile for introverts
Agile is a team sport, but that doesn't mean that you can't take some time on your own. John tells us how the Service Design team supports different ways of working.
Many minds, one heart: building a team culture
We agree we're a pretty good team, but why? We talk to Martin, Maria, Magda and Greg about Dungeons and Dragons, gender-balance and building a team culture.
My top tips to beat procrastination in 2020
Content designer, John, gives us his top tips to stop your to do list looking like a window into the abyss, with help from some Nobel laureates and Ron Swanson.
Weeknotes 6-10 January
We've untacked the tinsel and tidied away the selection boxes ready for a lean, mean start to 2020. See what we've been up to this week.
Weeknotes 16-20 December
We've decked County Hall with boughs of holly for our final weeknotes of 2019. Find out what we've been up to.