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In week 51 at Digital Service, Martin helped open the doors and co-ran a public-facing local meetup together with colleagues and folks from other units doing vital public sector work.

In week 49 at Digital Service, Martin had the entire week off. However, he did spend time reading and reflecting. And he also put together an archive page with all talks and workshops he gave in the past 12 years.

Week 48 at Digital Service was about collaboration in the most colourful variations for Martin – with cross-discipline exchanges, personal 1:1 conversations, design leadership team reflections, and core org structure reviews.

In week 47 at the Digital Service, Martin could not stop talking about the Service Standard and how its consistent application would increase public service quality in Germany and reduce the likelihood of service failures. He co-ran an international community call, announced a new local Berlin public sector meetup while missing most of Services Week 2023.

In week 46 at the Digital Service, Martin did many different things – from participating in workshops, attending existing and launching new meetups, to having exchanges with colleagues across government and abroad.

Martin’s week 45 at the Digital Service included a public holiday: International Women’s Day. For that occasion, the design and comms team contributed to a Women Who Code meetup. Otherwise, Martin looked into team diversity data collection and spent time with community activity planning.

In his 44th week at the Digital Service, Martin networked with students, discussed design seniority levels and opened new roles.

In Martin’s 43rd week at the DigitalService, he co-presented in an international call about working in the open. Otherwise, the work was rather inward-facing, with many design management tasks.

Week 42 included some training units – on accessibility and service design. Martin also attended a community kick-off for a new public sector design system.