Kategorie: Weeknote

At the end of week 166, Martin co-led the annual summer pub quiz. During the week, he co-ran an interactive cross-government session of the new Service Standard and helped share user-centred service approaches with senior ministerial stakeholders.

In week 165 at the Digital Service, Martin participated in a panel on accessibility, met with the Head of User Experience Design of the EU Digital Identity Wallet project, and celebrated the decision that the Service Standard receives its legal instrument.

Martin spent quite a bit of his week 164 outside the office. He joined an accessibility event at Google Berlin and participated in a cross-government sync on design pattern libraries.

In week 163, Martin joined discussions with ministerial stakeholders on the ongoing Service Standard and the umbrella brand work. He participated in an expert interview with a former 18F researcher while his colleagues published a blog post about professionalising the user research profession at Digital Service.

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival took place again. Martin co-ran an international workshop on ‘design for policy’ and accompanied the launch of the updated Service Standard.

Working week 161 at Digital Service was a bit short for Martin. He welcomed a delegation from Jordan, who were interested in good public service development. Together with his colleague Sonja, he also shared how the user-centred design discipline grew in the past few years at Digital Service in a cross-government exchange format.

It was an educational week 160 for Martin. He spoke to product design students, policy design professors, and international domain protection colleagues. He also co-hosted an international webinar.

Week 159 at DigitalService included Global Accessibility Awareness Day, for which Martin and colleagues set up the first version of an accessibility awareness and testing lab. Martin also co-ran 2 related events, internationally and locally.

In week 158, the new government took over, and the first-ever Ministry for Digitalisation and State Reform was created. The minister was appointed and got a significant remit. Martin participated in roll-out and kick-off workshops for design systems and a cross-government brand. He also prepared events for the upcoming Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

In week #157, Martin went on 2-day integral leadership training, participated in a Service Standard content review workshop and learned about the new incoming minister for digital.