If you’re trying to save the planet, do not forget the net
If you’re trying to save the planet, do not forget the net
Find out how we’re working to understand the environmental impact of our digital services.
Platforms Discovery - Week Notes
Here at Essex County Council (ECC) the platforms that we use are the cornerstone of information and function. The platforms enable our staff to do their jobs and for residents they become a vital source of relevant information to interact …
Talking to colleagues at Shelter about our user research panel
Our User Researchers spoke with colleagues at the charity Shelter about our user research panel: here is a summary of what they connected about.
Why aren’t people with Coronavirus isolating?
There was a concern that Essex residents might not be self-isolating when they should. In this blog, the team outline how they used research and design on the front line in the fight against corona virus.
Designing ECC’s hybrid working exploration framework
We’ve created a new framework to help teams explore some of the main aspects of hybrid working. It will help them to understand and articulate what’s important as our short-term working models evolve into our longer-term – and maybe even permanent – ways of working.
User research in a crisis: Things we’d do differently
Narelle Ong talks candidly about the insights and reflections the user research team gained, if they had there time again working in a crisis.
Helping and talking, what I learnt about facilitation
How international agile training gave a unique perspective on the function of facilitator. Greg Holt explores how his role as delivery manager can benefit from this new found outlook.
New year, new faces
We're going into 2021 feeling hopeful. We've got 2 new leads, a digital analyst and a front-end developer. So, meet Emma, Ert, Laura and Thomas.
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.
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.