The only way...or the Essex way?
We asked our team to give their top tips about living, working, commuting and playing in Essex.
About the team
Agile for introverts
Agile is a team sport, but that doesn't mean that you can't take some time on your own. John tells us how the Service Design team supports different ways of working.
Many minds, one heart: building a team culture
We agree we're a pretty good team, but why? We talk to Martin, Maria, Magda and Greg about Dungeons and Dragons, gender-balance and building a team culture.
How do you do content design when it doesn’t exist yet?
Caroline McCabe wrote her way around the world, not realising that she was learning the skills that would make her a content designer. Read her story.
Putting service design theory into practice
‘Design can’t fully exist until it’s put into practice’, service designer and PhD student at Maria Marinovic, talks about how her research in sustainable design is helping her work at Essex County Council.
I'm leaving Essex but staying Agile
Gentle nudging, heavy punning and getting things done: departing delivery manager, Matt Cole, talks about what he's learned being part of an Agile team.
Weeknotes 9-13 September
While the temperature has cooled down this week we’ve just been warming up in the office, with the team busy in workshops, user research interviews and all manner of other things in-between.
From market to user research
Georgiana's embarking on a user research journey travelling the country and tackling biases, and she's taking us with her.
Hot desks, cool space
With more work and a growing team, we found a user-centred approach to getting the most out of our workspace.
Agile: the writing's on the wall
Two of our project managers went undercover in an agile Service Design team. Here's what they found.