User research in a crisis: my top 5 tips
When events speed up, it's vital users don't get left behind. User researcher, Narelle Ong, gives us her tips for delivering top notch research in a crisis.
How we work
Things change, we get it wrong but the way we work, works!
Delivering something quickly, changing scope and adapting. Rich and Chanel tell us why true collaboration means sometimes it's good to get it wrong.
Digital remote working, responding to changing needs
Following on from our unique research during lockdown, user researchers, Jane Reid and Narelle Ong, talk us through how they're using evidence to redesign the future of work at Essex.
Transformation is the change you earn, not just a recurring meeting
Bhupinder will be leaving the Service Transformation team soon. She reflects on what brought her here and what she'll be taking away with her.
Running a workshop with one of our busiest teams
How do you design a workshop for a team that can't spare more than 90 minutes at a time? Bhupinder Mann reveals that a time limitation can help rather than hinder productivity.
Digital remote working: bringing the theory to life
Responding to unprecedented times, we've undertaken a unique discovery. Jane, Ruxi and Sabrina talk through taking digital remote working from theory into the real world.
"Let's just work together", when 2 content teams became 1
Many people have been redeployed during the lockdown. We talk to the leaders of two teams who found their redeployment a natural fit.
Living from home, working from work
Our offices are now beginning to reopen to some teams. We spoke to Laura Fisk about why she's looking forward to getting back to the office.
Making good decisions in a time of crisis
In times of crisis, we don't always have time to design solutions. Bhupinder and Ryan explain how service and business design methodologies can create the space our colleagues need for collaboration and decision-making.
My name's Emma, and I'm a reluctant homeworker
For Emma, working from home was something she tried to avoid. So, when that became the new normal, she dreaded it. She tells us how remote working has worked out quite well for her.