Your persona
Your responses indicate that you have a strong understanding of your government’s digital strategy and objectives. You may feel pretty comfortable with the digital services that are provided (or that are roadmapped), and it’s likely you’ve got a handle on where both challenges and opportunities arise in both the development and delivery. What’s your current working relationship with agile? Are you able to move from theory to practice? If not, what are the blockers to practical implementation? Reflecting on this could position you to effect positive change — maybe you could be part of a ways of working culture switch.
Thinking now about digital work, it’s likely you’re already using digital tools and tech for collaboration and communication. As someone who seems comfortable and experienced in this area, have you noticed any opportunities to support others or any barriers to success? Perhaps figuring out how to increase adoption or streamline processes could be a fantastic option to pursue for professional development.
Even if you’re not currently in a position of leadership, there is always scope to innovate and influence. How might you use your digital strategy, agile working, and digital working expertise to drive excellence?
Build your skills and knowledge
Explore the digital services your department or government provide. How are they connected to the overall initiatives or strategy from government? How is success being measured?
Conduct an agile audit - who’s doing what, where, and why? Can you build up a picture of how agile is used in your department? Could you drive progress by creating a set of recommendations or identifying ways for colleagues to develop agile skills and mindset?
Take some time to consider how you and your team use digital tools. What aspects work well? Where might there be room for improvement? Can you lead change by improving processes or supporting the adoption and optimisation of digital tool use?
Create a community of practice
You might not be in an official leadership role, but that doesn’t mean you can’t lead or influence. How about setting up a group of like-minded individuals to foster peer learning, sharing the latest trends and innovations in agile or digital working?
Who needs your help? As someone who’s strong in this area, you might be able to support others by mentoring or offering guidance or support to help bring your colleagues into the digital arena.
Digital Strategy and Working is a common Q&A topic on Apolitical. If you feel you can support the community, consider responding to what’s been posted. What digital tools are best for the steering group to use to manage and organise an employee network? is the kind of thread you might be inspired by — or contribute to!
Keep exploring
Apolitical hosts events with thought leaders discussing a variety of topics, including many focusing on digital work and strategy. Keep an eye out for what’s upcoming, and in the meantime, you can catch up on recordings from past events, such as: The future of government is digital: how to get there.
You might feel ready to dive into a piece of structured learning. Our How to Build a Digital Government Service course could be an excellent place to start.
Take some time to explore Apolitical’s community articles, and consider engaging with the article creator by using the comment function. Digital replacing digital could be a good place to start.
If you’re looking for inspiration for structured skill development, take a look at our Learning Plans where we have stitched together disparate educational resources into rich, diverse, cohesive and enlightening learning journeys.
What's next?
Not sure if this is the right persona for you? This diagnostic and its suggested outcome have been designed for illustrative purposes and may not reflect your level of awareness or competency.
Find a guide to the statements covered plus the scenario questions here: Digital Self-Assessment and Scenario Summaries.
Explore the other personae using the links below:
Leadership:Digital Explorer, Digital Consolidator, Digital Trailblazer
Non-Leadership:Digital Explorer, Digital Consolidator, Digital Trailblazer
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