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@Fitzdigitalgov
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Director UK Government Digital Service (interim)
Manchester
Joined March 2014
ngl having people that love you is one thing. But having people who still love you when youโre a burden, when things are a mess, when youโre in the wrongโฆthose are your people. to truly be loved is to still be loved when itโs inconvenient to love you.
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one thing people need to understand about extremely kind, nice, and loving people, is that their other side is just as extreme. itโs the hell they survive that makes them gentle. dont mistake their self-control for weakness. the beast in them is sleeping, not dead.
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General Gwyn Jenkins OBE ADC RM today officially became the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff during a ceremony onboard HMS Victory.
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https://t.co/jgvSOwF37K Just resharing thread for reach - that made me think of the super work @ProfDonnaHall @aglaird @MutualVentures are doing
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Interesting stuff from Institute for Government on a revived Total Place agenda. Jessica Studdert John Denham Dominic Campbell Evie John Grace Pollard Helen Bailey Eve Roodhouse Catherine Howe...
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a therapist on tiktok saidโฆ. โno one notices your sadness until it turns into anger, and then you're the problem. healing is realizing you became the angry person because no one saw your sadness firstโ felt that.
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Taxpayer funded services are missing out on ยฃ45 billion in productivity savings due to old tech โ enough to pay for every primary school in the UK for a year. To tackle this, @peterkyle will announce ambitions reforms this week to put AI and tech to work for the public sector.
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Outstanding @NeilCouling a decade of being the SRO - absolute exemplar ๐๐ผ
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"...you gotta reach for the Oxygen and sort you first โ no way youโll do this well if youโre running on empty!" ๐ Fitz's articles are always worth a read ๐ #recommended
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I just published Leading Through Shut Downs With Compassionโโโ5 Tips
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Our feeds are full of award winning success and achievement itโs great, people sharing their triumphs. Provides teams a welcome boostโฆ
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12 saves from Sam Tickle tonight! ๐งค Just 21 years old, up against Premier League opposition, and was sensational. A reminder that this is his FIRST professional season ๐๐ผ Gregor Rioch and the Wigan Athletic Academy - you both did it again ๐ตโช๏ธ #wafc
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Check this @LaticsOfficial stadium upgrade out - New LED lighting the dugout! Great buzz at the stadium #wafc #believe
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Check out the latest trends for how UK children and adults live their lives online: ๐
We spend an extra two days a year online ๐ฑYouTube takes the top social media spot ๐Over a fifth of children have a false social media age of 18+ Read more here: https://t.co/K9ZtHaDXn6
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This week the Royal Signals Women in Tech Network organised a day for 30 soldiers, hosted at BT HQ in London. It was a great opportunity to learn from our civilian counterparts and see how other businesses operate. @bt_uk @BritishArmy @womenindefence Watch the video โฌ๏ธ
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This is an awesome role in one of the most technologically exciting parts of our organisation. There is a lot of world leading software engineering going on here. Be part of it. ๐
Weโre recruiting a Principal Engineer (Head of Engineering) for our Migration and Borders Technology Portfolio. Apply by 27 Nov: https://t.co/SEk9F43GLb Generous starting salary + allowance for those with exceptional skills. ๐Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield #engineerjobs
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Great thread @polak_jasper ๐
I've managed 100s of projects over the past 10 years. 27 harsh truths from the trenches that'll save you a year's worth of headaches (bookmark this):
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Today seems like as good as any for a reminder that, on that day in 1985 when Bono sang Bad, Freddie also sang Radio Ga Ga from the same stage. #U2UVSPHERE
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Internships that are now open for applications! ๐งต
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9 career killers for project leaders: 1. No delegation 2. Ignoring feedback 3. Sugarcoating facts 4. Too many meetings 5. Not building systems 6. Transactional relations 7. Not saying "no" enough 8. Ignoring risk management 9. Not managing stakeholders Avoid these at all costs.
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