Paul Maltby
@maltbyps.bsky.social
I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer
First time playing music in public in a long, long time last night at the Tiny Gear Concert in Leicester - the theme was jazz samples. Lots of fun and such a warm bunch of folks
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
First time playing music in public in a long, long time last night at the Tiny Gear Concert in Leicester - the theme was jazz samples. Lots of fun and such a warm bunch of folks
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I’m on the lookout for a new contract (preferably inside).
I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice.
Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good.
Thx :)
I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice.
Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good.
Thx :)
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m on the lookout for a new contract (preferably inside).
I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice.
Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good.
Thx :)
I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice.
Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good.
Thx :)
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Where are the public sector reformers? Help us find them! medium.com/kinship-work...
Where are the public sector reformers? Help us find them!
When I joined the Institute for Government in 2013, the Government Digital Service (version 1.0) was in full swing. It provided an obvious…
medium.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Where are the public sector reformers? Help us find them! medium.com/kinship-work...
Enjoyed Lucy's lecture just now at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social on how to create the process to create a longer-term National Strategy for the UK
The UK must think long-term or risk falling behind, argues Heywood Fellow Lucy Smith.
Her National Strategy Playbook shows how to build a coherent, adaptive & resilient approach to strategy – beyond elections, built on partnerships & big ideas.
Read here 👇
https://ow.ly/bECQ50XhB6T
Her National Strategy Playbook shows how to build a coherent, adaptive & resilient approach to strategy – beyond elections, built on partnerships & big ideas.
Read here 👇
https://ow.ly/bECQ50XhB6T
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Enjoyed Lucy's lecture just now at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social on how to create the process to create a longer-term National Strategy for the UK
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🚨 6PM, WED 24 September 🚨
Join us at the MoJ or online
* Dr Moira Nicolson & Holly Marquez "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlocks Breakthrough Innovation"
* Ben Sauer "Always Be Creating Clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytelling"
luma.com/sm09nslz
Please share! Thanks 🙏
Join us at the MoJ or online
* Dr Moira Nicolson & Holly Marquez "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlocks Breakthrough Innovation"
* Ben Sauer "Always Be Creating Clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytelling"
luma.com/sm09nslz
Please share! Thanks 🙏
TransformGov Talks : September 2025 · Luma
Dr Moira Nicolson, Lead Behavioural Scientist (Cabinet Office) and Honorary Research Fellow (UCL) plus Holly Marquez, Senior Behavioural Scientist, (Cabinet…
luma.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🚨 6PM, WED 24 September 🚨
Join us at the MoJ or online
* Dr Moira Nicolson & Holly Marquez "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlocks Breakthrough Innovation"
* Ben Sauer "Always Be Creating Clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytelling"
luma.com/sm09nslz
Please share! Thanks 🙏
Join us at the MoJ or online
* Dr Moira Nicolson & Holly Marquez "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlocks Breakthrough Innovation"
* Ben Sauer "Always Be Creating Clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytelling"
luma.com/sm09nslz
Please share! Thanks 🙏
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Where I have some thoughts on digital improvements that can follow from The Elections Strategy. I think the "digital notices" thing could be a really interesting pattern in legislation
Some great practical extensions of the election strategy by the election data experts at Democracy Club.
Includes a good write-up of @symroe.bsky.social's "hang on, can we just define 'giving notice'" argument. democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/07...
Includes a good write-up of @symroe.bsky.social's "hang on, can we just define 'giving notice'" argument. democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/07...
Thoughts on the Elections Strategy
Earlier this month the government published its '*Strategy for modern and secure elections*'. We outline some of our ideas for digital implementation of this strategy.
democracyclub.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Where I have some thoughts on digital improvements that can follow from The Elections Strategy. I think the "digital notices" thing could be a really interesting pattern in legislation
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UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
We need a venue:
1️⃣ for 250 people,
2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms,
3️⃣ wheelchair accessible.
@imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search.
Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
Chuffed to see we're getting more Mandy. The show is made sweeter because in my *greatest role* (Joseph, aged 5) Mary was the most beautiful girl at infants school, one Mandy Carter. There is a kind of resemblance too, makes me wonder if 80's Nottingham Mandy is more famous than I realise...
‘I’ve not got a problem with making myself look disgusting’: the wild rise of Diane Morgan
From Avon lady to TikTok superstar, Diane Morgan has become a global comedy darling. As her ‘disgusting’ show Mandy returns, she talks about why she almost asked the BBC to pull it – and why she prete...
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Chuffed to see we're getting more Mandy. The show is made sweeter because in my *greatest role* (Joseph, aged 5) Mary was the most beautiful girl at infants school, one Mandy Carter. There is a kind of resemblance too, makes me wonder if 80's Nottingham Mandy is more famous than I realise...
One for any of my old colleagues from the GDS registers team, ten years on. In a list of challenges for a big operational gov service today: 'There is no authoritive list of local authorities'. *weeps quietly in the corner* www.ukauthority.com/articles/dcl...
DCLG builds local authorities register | UKAuthority
www.ukauthority.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One for any of my old colleagues from the GDS registers team, ten years on. In a list of challenges for a big operational gov service today: 'There is no authoritive list of local authorities'. *weeps quietly in the corner* www.ukauthority.com/articles/dcl...
Peter Makeham was one of the best DGs I worked for in government and I hope this stirs up the debate about gov structures. I share similar frustrations but I'd favour a different response, eg collapsing policy/ops/digital around services rather than separating them out. But interesting nonetheless!
COMMENT | A new take on how to rewire the state
✍ @alexgathomas.bsky.social offers his response to a new guest paper which reflects on the ways governments get things wrong and recommends a major overhaul of the state.
Read the expert comment👇
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/new-...
✍ @alexgathomas.bsky.social offers his response to a new guest paper which reflects on the ways governments get things wrong and recommends a major overhaul of the state.
Read the expert comment👇
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/new-...
A new take on how to rewire the state | Institute for Government
Alex Thomas looks at some radical proposals for government reform.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
July 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Peter Makeham was one of the best DGs I worked for in government and I hope this stirs up the debate about gov structures. I share similar frustrations but I'd favour a different response, eg collapsing policy/ops/digital around services rather than separating them out. But interesting nonetheless!
This is an extremely good piece from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social & speaks to many of the frustrations I've experienced and tried to overcome in public service reform over the years
It’s telling how much this post has resonated. I’m getting lots of messages from senior folk in govts (not just UK). I do think something has tipped - recognition of the brokenness and appetite for the craft of helping systems adapt.
How to save bureaucracy from itself: medium.com/@jamestplunk...
How to save bureaucracy from itself: medium.com/@jamestplunk...
How to save bureaucracy from itself
Seven ways to make big institutions less sclerotic
medium.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is an extremely good piece from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social & speaks to many of the frustrations I've experienced and tried to overcome in public service reform over the years
I'm seeing much eye-rolling on my timeline about the 'futurist' (such a silly term!) piece about AI and jobs. My contrary take is that I think its sensible time to do scenario planning for potential disruptions to the labour market, 1/6
July 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm seeing much eye-rolling on my timeline about the 'futurist' (such a silly term!) piece about AI and jobs. My contrary take is that I think its sensible time to do scenario planning for potential disruptions to the labour market, 1/6
Strong agree with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social here. Love reading but *hate* reading books for work, especially as most work books could have been a blog post, most blog posts could have been etc etc. Use AI when it's the right tool to pick from the toolbox
There's a lot of stuff on here today about reading and AI, and what reading really is. I have some personal anecdata incoming here, but the tl;dr is that reading for knowledge is a different kind of skill to reading for pleasure, and I'm not sure it's one that most people are taught.
July 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Strong agree with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social here. Love reading but *hate* reading books for work, especially as most work books could have been a blog post, most blog posts could have been etc etc. Use AI when it's the right tool to pick from the toolbox
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My favourite unexpected benefit of working in the open open 💛 #CampDigital
July 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My favourite unexpected benefit of working in the open open 💛 #CampDigital
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I'm retiring as @ukgovcamp.bsky.social deliver manager (DM).
I need an individual or jobshare to volunteer 1 to 2 hours a week of your time.
You'll lead the best, annual #publicsector #unconference.
Reply or email james@ukgovcamp.com please.
Free hoodie included 🙂
www.ukgovcamp.com/about/
I need an individual or jobshare to volunteer 1 to 2 hours a week of your time.
You'll lead the best, annual #publicsector #unconference.
Reply or email james@ukgovcamp.com please.
Free hoodie included 🙂
www.ukgovcamp.com/about/
about
www.ukgovcamp.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm retiring as @ukgovcamp.bsky.social deliver manager (DM).
I need an individual or jobshare to volunteer 1 to 2 hours a week of your time.
You'll lead the best, annual #publicsector #unconference.
Reply or email james@ukgovcamp.com please.
Free hoodie included 🙂
www.ukgovcamp.com/about/
I need an individual or jobshare to volunteer 1 to 2 hours a week of your time.
You'll lead the best, annual #publicsector #unconference.
Reply or email james@ukgovcamp.com please.
Free hoodie included 🙂
www.ukgovcamp.com/about/
Just got an email confirmation of my postal vote (re)application. Email subject line: 'To whom it may concern'. Bless, cute
July 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Just got an email confirmation of my postal vote (re)application. Email subject line: 'To whom it may concern'. Bless, cute
Still trying to work out how to take a photo of the authenticator QR code of the new gov.uk phone app using my phone. Do I print it out somehow? 🤔
gov.uk
July 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Still trying to work out how to take a photo of the authenticator QR code of the new gov.uk phone app using my phone. Do I print it out somehow? 🤔
June 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Watching Prodigy at Glastonbury and I quite fancy getting myself a Lazzzzer too. Reckon would look awesome early on a misty morning across the playing fields at the back of the house. Are they affordable these days? Could I plug it into the power in the garage? *Furiously searches web*
June 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Watching Prodigy at Glastonbury and I quite fancy getting myself a Lazzzzer too. Reckon would look awesome early on a misty morning across the playing fields at the back of the house. Are they affordable these days? Could I plug it into the power in the garage? *Furiously searches web*
Adorable www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Adrian Chiles’s first time at Glastonbury: ‘The peace-and-love control knobs get turned up to 11’
Six years after declaring the festival his idea of hell, the columnist finally had his arm twisted. What unfolded was a weekend of shock, confusion, throbbing testicles – and unbridled joy
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Adorable www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Saturday morning East Midlands revelation. Palo Alto is Kettering, but millionaires
June 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Saturday morning East Midlands revelation. Palo Alto is Kettering, but millionaires
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What happens if you let AI run a vending machine? Actually autonomously managing a money-making process is a very good test for AI.
Anthropic did exactly that, and it lost money. But the flaws (& strengths) provide a great lens on what AI is good and bad at, and how those gaps might be closed.
Anthropic did exactly that, and it lost money. But the flaws (& strengths) provide a great lens on what AI is good and bad at, and how those gaps might be closed.
June 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What happens if you let AI run a vending machine? Actually autonomously managing a money-making process is a very good test for AI.
Anthropic did exactly that, and it lost money. But the flaws (& strengths) provide a great lens on what AI is good and bad at, and how those gaps might be closed.
Anthropic did exactly that, and it lost money. But the flaws (& strengths) provide a great lens on what AI is good and bad at, and how those gaps might be closed.
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"Automation may be the final straw I reckon before white collar Britain goes into full revolt." @jameskanag.bsky.social didn't exactly cheer me up with this post but it's really worth reading! politicalwhiteboard.substack.com/p/the-collar...
The "collar flip"....what if class politics shifted in the UK?
Why the rise of AI, might change our politics in the UK (and US!)
politicalwhiteboard.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"Automation may be the final straw I reckon before white collar Britain goes into full revolt." @jameskanag.bsky.social didn't exactly cheer me up with this post but it's really worth reading! politicalwhiteboard.substack.com/p/the-collar...
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There's a lot of AI shit out there, but this is proper good.
I’m loving this post from the teams in MHCLG and i.AI about Extract and the process behind developing it to transform historical planning documents into structured data. Harnessing skills across departments 💪🏻 (HT @visitmy.website)
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/12/e...
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/12/e...
Extract: Using AI to unlock historic planning data
This week, the Prime Minister officially launched Extract, the AI tool which the Digital Planning programme in MHCLG and the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence are developing to transform decades o...
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
There's a lot of AI shit out there, but this is proper good.
Out with the dog to find some kidneys, tea and bread & butter for breakfast. Scant brown gravy. Turns out Cafe Nero mainly does coffee
June 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Out with the dog to find some kidneys, tea and bread & butter for breakfast. Scant brown gravy. Turns out Cafe Nero mainly does coffee