Civil Service Live
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Watch video highlights of Civil Service Live including clips from various sessions.
Also during Civil Service Live, we interviewed delegates about their views on certain sessions and their take on the event.
Watch the interviews.
Britain a springboard for growth, says UKTI marketing chief
The UK must promote itself as a “springboard to global growth“ to companies both at home and abroad, according to Danny Lopez, managing director of marketing at UK Trade and Investment.
Civil Servants' expertise must be utilised - chief executives
The knowledge and expertise of civil servants working within delivery agencies has to be utilised if policies are to be successful, a panel of chief executives has said.
Cleveland urges staff ‘to keep raising the bar’
Civil servants should aim high in their attempts to transform the way government delivers its services to citizens, Alexis Cleveland said on Tuesday.
Corporate Responsibility – changing fashion or fashioning change?
In ‘Corporate Responsibility – changing fashion or fashioning change?’, Judy Greevy and Ed Williams outlined their vision of corporate responsibility and why they see it as relevant to Whitehall.
First into the Lions Lair
Civil Service innovation and ‘entrepreneurial flair’ were put under the microscope in the QEII Conference centre on Tuesday.
Introducing Civil Service West Midlands
Civil Service West Midlands, to be launched this Thursday in Birmingham, promises to be a ground-breaking pilot scheme aimed at making the civil service “the employer of choice in the West Midlands“.
Making the Civil Service a great place to work
The Civil Service is facing more challenges than ever before in terms of its reform agenda and increasing demands for high performance. So it’s increasingly important to ensure the people who have to deliver against such a backdrop have everything they need to help achieve success.
NI peace process ‘the ultimate cross-cutting project’, says award winner
The winners of the Civil Service Leadership Award, the peace process team at the Northern Ireland Office, were engaged in “the ultimate cross-cutting project” according to the prime minister’s security advisor at the Cabinet Office.
Protecting Our Borders
On the day that the government’s new border organisation officially came to being, the woman in charge has outlined the successes already achieved and the challenges ahead.
The write stuff for a winning speech
It was US comedian Jerry Seinfeld who claimed people are more afraid of speaking in public than they are of death: “This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the coffin than doing the eulogy!“
Day Two:
DFID minister salutes role of civil servants
Civil servants and ministers should always seek to work as a team, according to DFID minister Gillian Merron.
Diversity in the spotlight
The Civil Service diversity champion has urged Whitehall departments to “re-double their efforts” to make government amore diverse organisation.
Employment tips from the Civil Service Commissioners
Ambitious public servants received nuggets of career advice from Civil Service Commissioners at Civil Service Live, including First Commissioner Janet Paraskeva.
Joining up government
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), say the taxpayer has reaped the benefits of their joined up thinking.
Public Services in the future
Ed Miliband talks about how public services can be more personal, more collaborative with users and professionals, and more accountable to local communities.
Learning to lead
Inspirational leadership will be the fulcrum on which any successful department or team will be built, director general of leadership and people strategy Gill Rider has explained.
Day Three:
Keynote speech - Sir Gus O'Donnell
Officials with ideas about how the Civil Service should change in order that they can do their jobs better have been told to send them to the Cabinet Office.
Operational Delivery
Delivering ‘21st century public services’ comes down to three core objectives, according to Lesley Strathie, the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus.
Involving disabled people in policy making
Though disabled people are making ever more inroads into public life, we are still at an early stage on the road to true equality.
Number one employer for Muslims
We live in an increasingly diverse society and yet in the Civil Service, a respected forward thinking employer, Muslims are still under represented. How can this be redressed?
Rebels with a cause
What is Parliament actually like? Those of us who don’t work there all have our preconceptions and misconceptions. To give us a picture of truth, three clerks of the House of Commons did some myth busting at Civil Service Live.
“Feel inspired“ about 2012, Jowell tells civil servants
Olympic minister Tessa Jowell urged delegates at Civil Service Live to embrace the “once in a lifetime opportunity“ offered by the 2012 Olympics to change the lives of millions of people across the country.