David Broggio
@davidbroggio.bsky.social
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UK local government is at a pivotal moment.
As PD Director Gavin Beckett writes, it’s time to start building dynamic service organisations to respond to the challenges of today.
Our event on 27 November will explore how we can build a movement across the sector.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
As PD Director Gavin Beckett writes, it’s time to start building dynamic service organisations to respond to the challenges of today.
Our event on 27 November will explore how we can build a movement across the sector.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
UK local government is at a pivotal moment.
As PD Director Gavin Beckett writes, it’s time to start building dynamic service organisations to respond to the challenges of today.
Our event on 27 November will explore how we can build a movement across the sector.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
As PD Director Gavin Beckett writes, it’s time to start building dynamic service organisations to respond to the challenges of today.
Our event on 27 November will explore how we can build a movement across the sector.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
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Bristol just now as Ashton Gate’s bar goes wild for Chloe Kelly’s winning penalty
#England #lionesses
#England #lionesses
July 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Bristol just now as Ashton Gate’s bar goes wild for Chloe Kelly’s winning penalty
#England #lionesses
#England #lionesses
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🧵 Several people have raised questions about what I meant by "deservedly so" when referring to the decline of institutional trust. It's a fair question, so I want to explain that, because it sits at the heart of my work on how democracies collapse when their epistemic foundations rot.
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🧵 Several people have raised questions about what I meant by "deservedly so" when referring to the decline of institutional trust. It's a fair question, so I want to explain that, because it sits at the heart of my work on how democracies collapse when their epistemic foundations rot.
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New post – reflections on technology and strategy in light of the emerging NHS ICB models.
Here I give a (very) brief overview of the emerging model and then cover unanswered questions, assumptions and challenges around digital, data and transformation.
priteshmistry.ghost.io/technology-a...
Here I give a (very) brief overview of the emerging model and then cover unanswered questions, assumptions and challenges around digital, data and transformation.
priteshmistry.ghost.io/technology-a...
Technology and Strategy in the emerging ICB landscape
The ICB’s have a new model becoming centres combining data insight with strategic commissioning and public engagement. Here are some unanswered questions and potential bumps in the road to realising t...
priteshmistry.ghost.io
May 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New post – reflections on technology and strategy in light of the emerging NHS ICB models.
Here I give a (very) brief overview of the emerging model and then cover unanswered questions, assumptions and challenges around digital, data and transformation.
priteshmistry.ghost.io/technology-a...
Here I give a (very) brief overview of the emerging model and then cover unanswered questions, assumptions and challenges around digital, data and transformation.
priteshmistry.ghost.io/technology-a...
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A recipe for making the monoculture & groupthink worse. Civil service recruitment needs to be redesigned from first principles.
This week I’ve helped four friends with applications to civil service jobs.
How have we created a system so particular that the best advice we can offer to candidates is to find a friend who already works there to coach them through the application 🤦🏻♀️
How have we created a system so particular that the best advice we can offer to candidates is to find a friend who already works there to coach them through the application 🤦🏻♀️
March 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A recipe for making the monoculture & groupthink worse. Civil service recruitment needs to be redesigned from first principles.
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NHS Blood & Transplant invited load of health journalists to give blood today and promised would post about it. I didn’t do it until last year (bit pathetic re needles) and it really is so easy. Turns out my subtype is R0 so rare and partic useful for sickle cell patients.
March 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
NHS Blood & Transplant invited load of health journalists to give blood today and promised would post about it. I didn’t do it until last year (bit pathetic re needles) and it really is so easy. Turns out my subtype is R0 so rare and partic useful for sickle cell patients.
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As the PM makes a speech on using more AI in public services, here’s a piece from a few months back on how not to screw this up.
‘Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.’
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
‘Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.’
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
Tony Blair is wrong – AI will not magically solve our public services
Too many people might be left out of its revolution.
www.newstatesman.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
As the PM makes a speech on using more AI in public services, here’s a piece from a few months back on how not to screw this up.
‘Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.’
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
‘Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.’
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
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The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...
The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state
A British "DOGE" (of sorts) is rearchitecting the government
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/login-to-a...
Eerily prescient from Private Eye, wish it wasn't...
Ukraine peace plan latest
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
February 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Eerily prescient from Private Eye, wish it wasn't...
I found this very interesting! BBC News - What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?
The Nordic nation doesn't require staff to work long hours and has a generous welfare system.
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I found this very interesting! BBC News - What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
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NHS league tables.
Again.
Sigh.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Half a league table, half a league table, half a league table onward,
Into the valley of the shadow of career death
Rode the six hundred.”
(With apologies to Alfred Tennyson.)
Again.
Sigh.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Half a league table, half a league table, half a league table onward,
Into the valley of the shadow of career death
Rode the six hundred.”
(With apologies to Alfred Tennyson.)
League tables to reveal failing NHS trusts
Hospitals in England will be ranked on care and finances, so patients can look for good service.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 10:09 AM
NHS league tables.
Again.
Sigh.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Half a league table, half a league table, half a league table onward,
Into the valley of the shadow of career death
Rode the six hundred.”
(With apologies to Alfred Tennyson.)
Again.
Sigh.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Half a league table, half a league table, half a league table onward,
Into the valley of the shadow of career death
Rode the six hundred.”
(With apologies to Alfred Tennyson.)
Impressive Festival of Light at Longleat this year!
November 10, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Impressive Festival of Light at Longleat this year!
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Our World in Data now has an account on Bluesky! Follow us here:
@ourworldindata.bsky.social
@ourworldindata.bsky.social
October 11, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Our World in Data now has an account on Bluesky! Follow us here:
@ourworldindata.bsky.social
@ourworldindata.bsky.social
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Calling all folk with an interest in UK public policy: I’ve created a starter pack of think tankers, policy analysts & commentators active on @bsky.app go.bsky.app/LtNiL1o
August 14, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Calling all folk with an interest in UK public policy: I’ve created a starter pack of think tankers, policy analysts & commentators active on @bsky.app go.bsky.app/LtNiL1o
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"It’s getting harder and harder to come up with enough incoherent perspectives to meet the moment."
News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions
NEW YORK—Calling out the unsustainable pace at which historic events seemed to be occurring, local man Brad Gifford told reporters Monday that important news stories were now happening faster than ...
www.theonion.com
July 22, 2024 at 5:55 PM
"It’s getting harder and harder to come up with enough incoherent perspectives to meet the moment."