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Essex Digital Service: Building a Modern Digital Future for Essex

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Essex Digital Service: Building a Modern Digital Future for Essex

In November 2025, Essex County Council brought together its Technology Services and Service Transformation teams to create a single, modern digital service: Essex Digital Service (EDS).  This new service is a big step toward our ambition to be a leading digital …

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Intranet Alpha - Week Notes

Posted by: Bianca Cole, Keelan Fadden-Hopper and Helen Calderon, Posted on: 5 January 2022 - Categories: About the team, agile, Our projects, product, Show and tells, Week notes

Welcome to the new year! The mornings might still be dark, but we’re excited to bring a little light to your life with our work that Essex County Council (ECC) are doing in partnership with Futuregov to design an open …

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If you’re trying to save the planet, do not forget the net

Posted by: Laura Hands, Posted on: 6 October 2021 - Categories: data, Our projects, product
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Find out how we’re working to understand the environmental impact of our digital services.

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Using a slick tool, for simple and engaging remote workshops

Posted by: Kay Dale, Posted on: 23 September 2021 - Categories: service design, workshops
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Find out how the 'Local Offer' project team are using simple tools to get great feedback from users in a remote working environment.

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Local Offer Discovery - Week Notes

Posted by: Bianca Cole, Edmund Wellington and Kay Dale, Posted on: 13 September 2021 - Categories: How we work, Our projects, service design, Show and tells, User research, Week notes
a male child on beach in wheelchair pointing to something in the sea to a male adult who is with them

Discovering what a local offer should look like for families who have children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) so they can access all different kinds of information, advice and support.

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From tension to trust: how to form a partnership that works

Posted by: Narelle Ong, Chanel Chomse, Edmund Wellington and sarahlieutenant, Posted on: 19 August 2021 - Categories: How we work, Our projects, strategy, work with us
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See how digital partnerships can bring about interesting discoveries when Essex County Council and Cyber-Duck collaborated as a fully blended partnership.   

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Testing ideas on engaging our community: Define month the take over

Posted by: Emma Toms and lucyginger, Posted on: 5 August 2021 - Categories: Best practice, Continuous Improvement, How we work
DMAIC Cycle in CI Practice

Find out how 'Define' month came about within the Continuous Improvement community and the activities showcased throughout the month.

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Work Experience in a Changed World

Posted by: Bianca Cole, Posted on: 15 July 2021 - Categories: How we work, work with us
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Welcoming a work experience student in to the world of Service Transformation, the team show case the different disciplines to give a flavour of having a Service Transformation team within local government.

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Virtually I’mPossible: Creating a team away day, in a virtual world.  

Posted by: Bianca Cole and Chanel Chomse, Posted on: 25 June 2021 - Categories: About the team, accessibility, events, How we work, workshops
Away Dat Visual Schedule

Find out how the Service Transformation delivered a successful team day online, during the Corona Virus pandemic

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Sharing our hybrid model exploration framework

Posted by: Nicholas Ward and Maria Farres, Posted on: 8 June 2021 - Categories: Best practice, How we work, Our projects
Hybrid Impact Discussion Matrix

We know that most organisations are working hard to adapt to the post-Covid environment, so we’re releasing the hybrid model exploration framework we have created with some supporting guidance under a creative commons license, so that it can be reused and adapted by others.

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If the CaaP fits

Posted by: John Newton, Posted on: 20 May 2021 - Categories: Our projects, Service Standards
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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.

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