Andy Gordon
@andy-gordon.bsky.social
Bristol | Head of Design & Innovation @ Torchbox.
Dad. Husband. Designer.
All things Design, Innovation, Complexity, Creativity & positive change.
He/him.
Dad. Husband. Designer.
All things Design, Innovation, Complexity, Creativity & positive change.
He/him.
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With pleasure!
Wanna hear more about citizen participation in policymaking?
Wanna hear more about the new era of government digital?
Of course you do!
Sign up for this 👇🏽, it'll be awsm
Wanna hear more about citizen participation in policymaking?
Wanna hear more about the new era of government digital?
Of course you do!
Sign up for this 👇🏽, it'll be awsm
Could you please RT? @ukgovcamp.bsky.social @prateekbuch.bsky.social
💥💥 Thursday 27th of February 💥💥
Our 3rd event is Miriam Levin from Demos, on 'Involving citizens in policymaking' and Sarah Crandall from DSIT, on 'The new GDS'.
At the MoJ or online.
Register here : buff.ly/42MOZcf
💥💥 Thursday 27th of February 💥💥
Our 3rd event is Miriam Levin from Demos, on 'Involving citizens in policymaking' and Sarah Crandall from DSIT, on 'The new GDS'.
At the MoJ or online.
Register here : buff.ly/42MOZcf
TransformGov Talks : Third event · Luma
For our third event we have the follow two excellent speakers. Miriam Levin, Director of Participatory Programmes, Demos, on 'Involving citizens in…
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February 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
With pleasure!
Wanna hear more about citizen participation in policymaking?
Wanna hear more about the new era of government digital?
Of course you do!
Sign up for this 👇🏽, it'll be awsm
Wanna hear more about citizen participation in policymaking?
Wanna hear more about the new era of government digital?
Of course you do!
Sign up for this 👇🏽, it'll be awsm
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When working with teams looking at developing proofs-of-concept, I try to avoid describing it as a discovery – tangible, proven results are the goal.
An alpha-discovery loop is what it is. visitmy.website/2022/04/09/a...
An alpha-discovery loop is what it is. visitmy.website/2022/04/09/a...
Alpha is discovery
Discovery is about understanding problems. Alpha is about exploring solutions. When viewed as separate stages, what we learn when exploring solutions cannot feed back into what we understand about the...
visitmy.website
February 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
When working with teams looking at developing proofs-of-concept, I try to avoid describing it as a discovery – tangible, proven results are the goal.
An alpha-discovery loop is what it is. visitmy.website/2022/04/09/a...
An alpha-discovery loop is what it is. visitmy.website/2022/04/09/a...
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Hi Bluesky – excited to officially introduce ourselves!
We're Earth Species Project, a non-profit decoding animal communication with advanced AI to illuminate the diverse intelligences on earth.
Follow us to join the conversation as we explore the future of interspecies understanding! 💙 🌍
We're Earth Species Project, a non-profit decoding animal communication with advanced AI to illuminate the diverse intelligences on earth.
Follow us to join the conversation as we explore the future of interspecies understanding! 💙 🌍
February 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hi Bluesky – excited to officially introduce ourselves!
We're Earth Species Project, a non-profit decoding animal communication with advanced AI to illuminate the diverse intelligences on earth.
Follow us to join the conversation as we explore the future of interspecies understanding! 💙 🌍
We're Earth Species Project, a non-profit decoding animal communication with advanced AI to illuminate the diverse intelligences on earth.
Follow us to join the conversation as we explore the future of interspecies understanding! 💙 🌍
I’m looking at tickets for HowTheLightGetsIn.
Has anyone been?
I’d love to understand how family friendly it is!
#howthelightgetsin
Has anyone been?
I’d love to understand how family friendly it is!
#howthelightgetsin
January 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I’m looking at tickets for HowTheLightGetsIn.
Has anyone been?
I’d love to understand how family friendly it is!
#howthelightgetsin
Has anyone been?
I’d love to understand how family friendly it is!
#howthelightgetsin
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Here's me and @andy-gordon.bsky.social reflecting on a wonderful #ukgc25 torchbox.com/blog/takeawa... lots of creative & problem solving fuel and community vibes from a brilliant day
Our key takeaways from UKGovCamp 2025
Ellie, Andy and Miles recently headed to UKGovCamp to share ideas and tackle challenges around making public services work better for everyone. In this blog, they reflect on key themes and takeaways.
torchbox.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Here's me and @andy-gordon.bsky.social reflecting on a wonderful #ukgc25 torchbox.com/blog/takeawa... lots of creative & problem solving fuel and community vibes from a brilliant day
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I don't know why it didn't strike me before, but v glad that today's conversations helped shake loose the thought that a library is (partly) a vehicle for literacy, so maybe a National Data Library can be (partly) about data literacy for everyone. Maybe it has to be. #ukgc25
January 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I don't know why it didn't strike me before, but v glad that today's conversations helped shake loose the thought that a library is (partly) a vehicle for literacy, so maybe a National Data Library can be (partly) about data literacy for everyone. Maybe it has to be. #ukgc25
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A massive thank you to all the organisers, campmakers and volunteers who make UKGovCamp the best unconference event. #ukgc25 was a joyous and hopeful thing
January 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A massive thank you to all the organisers, campmakers and volunteers who make UKGovCamp the best unconference event. #ukgc25 was a joyous and hopeful thing
UKGovCamp was brilliant.
Passionate people coming together to explore big questions.
How might we ask better questions?
Make reality-based decisions that reflect the cyclical and complex nature of government?
What future roles and culture is needed to realise change and attract talent?
#ukgc25
Passionate people coming together to explore big questions.
How might we ask better questions?
Make reality-based decisions that reflect the cyclical and complex nature of government?
What future roles and culture is needed to realise change and attract talent?
#ukgc25
January 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
UKGovCamp was brilliant.
Passionate people coming together to explore big questions.
How might we ask better questions?
Make reality-based decisions that reflect the cyclical and complex nature of government?
What future roles and culture is needed to realise change and attract talent?
#ukgc25
Passionate people coming together to explore big questions.
How might we ask better questions?
Make reality-based decisions that reflect the cyclical and complex nature of government?
What future roles and culture is needed to realise change and attract talent?
#ukgc25
Excited to be attending #ukgc25 for the first time tomorrow!
I’ve have only heard amazing things, and the lead-up has been exceptional— clear, kind and wonderfully inclusive.
Who else is going?
I’ve have only heard amazing things, and the lead-up has been exceptional— clear, kind and wonderfully inclusive.
Who else is going?
January 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Excited to be attending #ukgc25 for the first time tomorrow!
I’ve have only heard amazing things, and the lead-up has been exceptional— clear, kind and wonderfully inclusive.
Who else is going?
I’ve have only heard amazing things, and the lead-up has been exceptional— clear, kind and wonderfully inclusive.
Who else is going?
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It's encouraging to hear the government's planned reform of the state, with Pat McFadden highlighting how digital services can work better for everyone:
"Start with something small and try it out. Test it on people. Fix the problems. Change the design. Test it again."
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"Start with something small and try it out. Test it on people. Fix the problems. Change the design. Test it again."
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Reform of the state has to deliver for people
Speech on reforming the public sector delivered by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden at University College London, Stratford.
www.gov.uk
December 10, 2024 at 11:49 AM
It's encouraging to hear the government's planned reform of the state, with Pat McFadden highlighting how digital services can work better for everyone:
"Start with something small and try it out. Test it on people. Fix the problems. Change the design. Test it again."
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"Start with something small and try it out. Test it on people. Fix the problems. Change the design. Test it again."
www.gov.uk/government/s...
December 4, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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BREAKING: Bristol’s first ‘safe space’ for people on a night out is to be trialled in the city centre this weekend.
Idea comes from a police sergeant whose niece had to wait ages for a bus home one night & was continually approached by men.
Full story 👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Idea comes from a police sergeant whose niece had to wait ages for a bus home one night & was continually approached by men.
Full story 👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Bristol's first 'Safe Space' for a night out will start this weekend
The pilot project is starting after a police chief's niece was stuck waiting for a bus for hours and continually approached by men
www.bristolpost.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 7:22 AM
BREAKING: Bristol’s first ‘safe space’ for people on a night out is to be trialled in the city centre this weekend.
Idea comes from a police sergeant whose niece had to wait ages for a bus home one night & was continually approached by men.
Full story 👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Idea comes from a police sergeant whose niece had to wait ages for a bus home one night & was continually approached by men.
Full story 👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Still one of my favourites.....
Design Is [Messy] : Approaches to engaging with complexity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZEd...
Design Is [Messy] : Approaches to engaging with complexity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZEd...
Design Is [Messy] : Approaches to engaging with complexity
YouTube video by Google Design
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Still one of my favourites.....
Design Is [Messy] : Approaches to engaging with complexity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZEd...
Design Is [Messy] : Approaches to engaging with complexity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZEd...
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“Innovation policies are increasingly 'shifting away from top-down and centralised approaches towards policies that favour cooperative, multi-actor and often more 'place-based' approaches”.
Read our @lpiphub.bsky.social evidence review on #innovation here:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cit...
Read our @lpiphub.bsky.social evidence review on #innovation here:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cit...
Innovation: Evidence Review
This evidence review synthesises key research and policy questions related to place-based innovation, focusing on strengthening local innovation ecosystems across the UK.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 7:37 PM
“Innovation policies are increasingly 'shifting away from top-down and centralised approaches towards policies that favour cooperative, multi-actor and often more 'place-based' approaches”.
Read our @lpiphub.bsky.social evidence review on #innovation here:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cit...
Read our @lpiphub.bsky.social evidence review on #innovation here:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cit...
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Changes in global temperature (1850-2023)
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November 17, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Changes in global temperature (1850-2023)
Find similar graphics for your country or city: www.ShowYourStripes.info
#ShowYourStripes
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#ShowYourStripes
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How can we transform public service design and delivery by focusing on the power of human relationships?
We talked to @nick80.bsky.social and Osian Jones about the work being done at Camden Council to build a new relational approach to public services. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
We talked to @nick80.bsky.social and Osian Jones about the work being done at Camden Council to build a new relational approach to public services. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
A radical invitation to collaborate
How can we transform public service design and delivery by focusing on the power of human relationships? We talked to Nick Kimber and Osian Jones of London Borough of Camden to explore how they are ch...
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 12, 2024 at 8:44 AM
How can we transform public service design and delivery by focusing on the power of human relationships?
We talked to @nick80.bsky.social and Osian Jones about the work being done at Camden Council to build a new relational approach to public services. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
We talked to @nick80.bsky.social and Osian Jones about the work being done at Camden Council to build a new relational approach to public services. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
Brilliant article on alternative approaches to complex problems at scale.
About 1K new followers in a week so I guess an excuse to reshare this!
Are policies like medicines? Not really, no. So how should we go about solving complex problems at scale?
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Are policies like medicines? Not really, no. So how should we go about solving complex problems at scale?
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Are policies like medicines?
Not really, no. Time for a new push on empiricism.
medium.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Brilliant article on alternative approaches to complex problems at scale.
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We’re excited to announce the speakers for our upcoming unconference shaping the future of AI policy for creative industries!
On 19th November hear from:
@mialeslie.bsky.social, Lex Fefegha, Dr Erinma Ochu, Dr Susan Oman, and Henry Cooke!
Tickets: lu.ma/q03v8qrb
On 19th November hear from:
@mialeslie.bsky.social, Lex Fefegha, Dr Erinma Ochu, Dr Susan Oman, and Henry Cooke!
Tickets: lu.ma/q03v8qrb
November 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM
We’re excited to announce the speakers for our upcoming unconference shaping the future of AI policy for creative industries!
On 19th November hear from:
@mialeslie.bsky.social, Lex Fefegha, Dr Erinma Ochu, Dr Susan Oman, and Henry Cooke!
Tickets: lu.ma/q03v8qrb
On 19th November hear from:
@mialeslie.bsky.social, Lex Fefegha, Dr Erinma Ochu, Dr Susan Oman, and Henry Cooke!
Tickets: lu.ma/q03v8qrb
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Don't pace around nervously! Read this new essay by me and Matt Dowse from the Centre for Sociodigital Futures.
What if innovation were rethought as if people, rather than firms, are the things that matter most?
www.promisingtrouble.net/blog/innovat...
@carefultrouble.bsky.social
What if innovation were rethought as if people, rather than firms, are the things that matter most?
www.promisingtrouble.net/blog/innovat...
@carefultrouble.bsky.social
![Rather than accruing benefits only to a small, socially elite group of innovators, a truly modern innovation economy must seek to create more plural, more equitable opportunities that are accessible beyond major research institutions and massive tech corporations, that prioritise regeneration over extraction, and that uplift and empower people and communities in their diversity.
"Small" in this case does not mean a lack of ambition; it denotes a lack of concentration - a tendency towards pluralism, and an embrace of many possible, parallel realities and futures that are imagined within limits.
The resource intensive nature of modern technologies at scale make these steps urgent, and it seems likely that a shift to smaller-scale and more distributed approaches to computing will become an imperative over the coming decade. [4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dvvvi2lfda3eq46zikkozitb/bafkreidz7dr4l3rcyapdfywjyqbhraez44seqq7gv7kp6nnzzrwoxuepo4@jpeg)
![4. Intelligences: What interventions are needed to enable technologies to be created and altered to enable a
"repertoire of intelligences" [5] rather than support returns to a small number of Silicon Valley companies and investors?
5. Organising: What methods of organising are needed? What does organising in this new normal look like? How can communities organise for a new innovation economy?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dvvvi2lfda3eq46zikkozitb/bafkreihcxxrzn3m3zisjzd4clr3xnx675nitda4xt2wsypy2rmtjijxpjm@jpeg)
November 5, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Don't pace around nervously! Read this new essay by me and Matt Dowse from the Centre for Sociodigital Futures.
What if innovation were rethought as if people, rather than firms, are the things that matter most?
www.promisingtrouble.net/blog/innovat...
@carefultrouble.bsky.social
What if innovation were rethought as if people, rather than firms, are the things that matter most?
www.promisingtrouble.net/blog/innovat...
@carefultrouble.bsky.social
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me: I've lost my writing mojo
also me: let me just write and publish a thing I've been stewing on, off & on, since 2018.
Anyway. I wrote about Registers, and a National Data Library. Sort of. I'd love to know what you think. torchbox.com/blog/nationa...
also me: let me just write and publish a thing I've been stewing on, off & on, since 2018.
Anyway. I wrote about Registers, and a National Data Library. Sort of. I'd love to know what you think. torchbox.com/blog/nationa...
Approaching a National Data Library: lessons from GOV.UK Registers
These insights offer valuable considerations for anyone working on data infrastructure initiatives, digital transformation in government, or building platforms that serve collective public needs.
torchbox.com
November 4, 2024 at 12:37 PM
me: I've lost my writing mojo
also me: let me just write and publish a thing I've been stewing on, off & on, since 2018.
Anyway. I wrote about Registers, and a National Data Library. Sort of. I'd love to know what you think. torchbox.com/blog/nationa...
also me: let me just write and publish a thing I've been stewing on, off & on, since 2018.
Anyway. I wrote about Registers, and a National Data Library. Sort of. I'd love to know what you think. torchbox.com/blog/nationa...
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I am loving the blogging activity from MHCLG lately, and this is a great provocation for a post-Budget Friday mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/30/w... - skipping to the weekend with daydreams of solve-a-whole-problem systems-level policy design bouncing round my brain.
What might a Policy Standard in government look like?
Government is becoming more familiar with doing user-centred policy design, whether in creating programmes, support interventions, funding or even legislation. This post discusses the potential for a ...
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk
November 1, 2024 at 12:22 PM
I am loving the blogging activity from MHCLG lately, and this is a great provocation for a post-Budget Friday mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/30/w... - skipping to the weekend with daydreams of solve-a-whole-problem systems-level policy design bouncing round my brain.
"Designing public services is a baton relay ultramarathon. We pick it up from those before us, carry it for a bit, and hand the baton to the generation after us."
medium.com/the-service-...
medium.com/the-service-...
The long slog of public service transformation
Recipes for sustained slow change
medium.com
November 1, 2024 at 2:37 PM
"Designing public services is a baton relay ultramarathon. We pick it up from those before us, carry it for a bit, and hand the baton to the generation after us."
medium.com/the-service-...
medium.com/the-service-...
Brilliant summary and provocation from Andrew Knight, Anni Leppänen and Susan Cullen on the role of Design in Government.
publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/24/t...
publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/24/t...
Three steps to enable future designers
International designers, Andrew Knight, Anni Leppänen, Susan Cullen and Josep Maria Flores Juanpere lead the discussion on what we can do now to empower designers in the future.
publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk
October 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Brilliant summary and provocation from Andrew Knight, Anni Leppänen and Susan Cullen on the role of Design in Government.
publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/24/t...
publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/24/t...
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🆕 Newsletter out today!
👋 The Digital Leads Network is now open to all!
🧰 Managing user research findings with Miro AI
💡Charity Digital’s AI Summit: takeouts from our session
🗓️ Free CAST & sector events
💙 Sharing our CAST retreat
And lots more! Read 👉 buff.ly/4hwBp1Z & sign up 👉 buff.ly/3xqPV99
👋 The Digital Leads Network is now open to all!
🧰 Managing user research findings with Miro AI
💡Charity Digital’s AI Summit: takeouts from our session
🗓️ Free CAST & sector events
💙 Sharing our CAST retreat
And lots more! Read 👉 buff.ly/4hwBp1Z & sign up 👉 buff.ly/3xqPV99
Your CAST newsletter: free digital support, events & resources
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October 24, 2024 at 9:15 AM
🆕 Newsletter out today!
👋 The Digital Leads Network is now open to all!
🧰 Managing user research findings with Miro AI
💡Charity Digital’s AI Summit: takeouts from our session
🗓️ Free CAST & sector events
💙 Sharing our CAST retreat
And lots more! Read 👉 buff.ly/4hwBp1Z & sign up 👉 buff.ly/3xqPV99
👋 The Digital Leads Network is now open to all!
🧰 Managing user research findings with Miro AI
💡Charity Digital’s AI Summit: takeouts from our session
🗓️ Free CAST & sector events
💙 Sharing our CAST retreat
And lots more! Read 👉 buff.ly/4hwBp1Z & sign up 👉 buff.ly/3xqPV99
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Another interesting, and thought provoking, episode of 'The Great Simplification'. Thanks to Nate Hagens (Who it would be awesome to get on this platform), and @indyjohar.bsky.social
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/147-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/147-...
Indy Johar: “The Foundational Challenge: Stewardship, Responsibility, and Designing a New System” | The Great Simplification
Episode 147
www.thegreatsimplification.com
October 24, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Another interesting, and thought provoking, episode of 'The Great Simplification'. Thanks to Nate Hagens (Who it would be awesome to get on this platform), and @indyjohar.bsky.social
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/147-...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/147-...