Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Stuck between the reactions of: “hahaha” and “fuck off”. You?? 111
Reposted by Catherine HopeHelen @socialsoup.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Anyone that’s ever done a wicked problems system map, can tell you, in gov were all doing the same thing. I’m tired folks. Prevent poverty Feed, educate and get kids active Better housing Not Ai, not apps, not think tank bullshit. 0111
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I think that went well 💕 @sdingov.bsky.social 071
Reposted by Catherine HopeGail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 17/09/2025It might feel a bit early, but I’ve had so many requests already… My 2025 Christmas Cards are now available to pre-order www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca... 411861
Reposted by Catherine HopeFrankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com · 17/09/2025Shout out to everyone at #SDinGov! I’m not there, but I’ll be following with interest. A quick reminder that I help maintain a list of all UK gov digital services, including links to service assessments and code: govuk-digital-services.herokuapp.com If your service is missing, let me know!govuk-digital-services.herokuapp.comGOV.UK Services List 0177
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Eeeek I'm presenting at #SDinGov tomorrow! Come and see us talk about how data can - and did - improve services. Please be a data advocate 📊🙏 050
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Stuff I’ve enjoyed working on recently: - getting agreement to gather data to enable us to measure Failure Demand, through classifying phone calls - showing that Digital Take-up of the application journey (95%+) hides a lot of telephony traffic between that and the application being competed 010
Reposted by Catherine HopeRichard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I am going to propose a new hashtag in Vicky's honour. She leaves behind such a fabulous legacy of public service and personal support, wisdom and insights. #BeMoreVicky 2407
Reposted by Catherine HopeLaura Parker @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Dyscalculia is persistent difficulty in understanding numbers. Roughly 4 million people in the UK are dyscalculic. 20% to 60% of dycalculics might also have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism or ADHD. Dyscalculia is under diagnosed and research is decades behind dyslexia. dyscalculianetwork.com 2199
Reposted by Catherine HopeHelen @socialsoup.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Anyone in the Gateshead/newcastle area that may be food insecure or alone this Christmas- Produced by Gateshead Food Partnership. 021
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Loving tbe @policyviz.bsky.social tip "Start with gray", then layering on colour, instead of the opposite 🩶 000
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Just had a meeting with a senior stakeholder. They said "I love having meetings with you, Catherine, I love how your mind works" 🥰 020
Reposted by Catherine HopeDave Rogers @daverog.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Wondered what 'test and learn' means? I've written this to unpack and explain it public.digital/pd-insights/...public.digitalJust what is 'Test and Learn'?public digitalpublic digitalA blog explaining the concept of Test and Learn in organisational change 22216
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Is anyone else having a problem with the iPhone calendar icon since the latest update? 000
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Deployed “You can’t improve what you don’t measure” in a meeting today 💥 010
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Dying to do these charts all on the same scale... 🤓 000
Reposted by Catherine HopeAndy @andrewjones.uk · 28/11/2024Grace Dent for Masterchef presenter. She’s a queen. 231
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I just correctly guessed the two digit 2FA code to get into a thing at work 👌 How's your day going? 000
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I've just had a spicy monster munch sandwich and I'm not even sorry 160
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Hi I'm a statistician for UK Government. My claim to fame is being on the team who made the charts for the BBC press briefings during COVID. Next slide please... 061
Reposted by Catherine HopeJoanna Parsons @joannaparsons.bsky.social · 18/11/2024“Check email for important notices, read the newsletter for company news, check Slack for team updates, use the Employee Portal for HR policies, look at the CEO blog for strategy updates & don’t forget to look at MS Teams every 5 minutes for other information as required” Every employee everywhere: 0113
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Oooh I REALLY like this rule: I will be using it and advising other to use it from now on 🙌 092
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Today’s Wordle in 2 💪 Makes up for yesterday’s 6 😝 100
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Spent 15 mins with a colleague showing him the MI report I commissioned from data I got operational staff to collect. “This is exactly what I need!” he said 🙌 Let’s make better decision 👍 010
Reposted by Catherine HopeDan @dandoescontent.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Your org cannot design or deliver functioning ecosystems because it does not have controlled lists of things, types, what each thing is, standards, definitions and naming conventions. Boring to many, in comparison to fancy Figma doodles, but you can't do anything meaningful without them. 23813
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 14/11/2024This is such a great example of traffic on it’s own being a vanity metric. Always have your checks and balances too 021
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Love that Siri reads out notifications from here as Blueskee, like the word ends the same as husky 🤪 020
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Ffs I've just burned my stock because I was too engrossed in a North Star metric session 100
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 07/11/2024Whooo boy, someone’s just deployed “as we discussed previously” in the Teams chat… 💣 000
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 06/11/2024“Sausage to fortune” oh @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social 😂 020
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 06/11/2024A new ubiquitous tech phrase we wouldn't have understood a few years ago: "I can't see hands" 😂 020
Reposted by Catherine HopeClare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 05/11/2024A high level overview of public health trends at England and region level can be found on our Health trends in England tool fingertips.phe.org.uk/static-repor...fingertips.phe.org.ukHealth trends in England 0145
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 05/11/2024It's always interesting to see what teams are working but boy, five hours is a long time to sit still for! #CDDOAssessments 000
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 30/10/2024An exciting day at work: our Hindu colleagues wore their finery and brought food in to celebrate Diwali, and there was a hawk on site 020
Reposted by Catherine HopeMartin Jordan @martinjordan.com · 29/10/2024Good #ServiceDesign stuff! Various videos from this year’s @sdingov.bsky.social conference were just published on the internet. If you missed the talks in Edinburgh, you can find them on Vimeo now: vimeo.com/showcase/114...vimeo.comSDinGov 2024 on VimeoJoin the web’s most supportive community of creators and get high-quality tools for hosting, sharing, and streaming videos in gorgeous HD with no ads. 0123
Reposted by Catherine HopeFrankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com · 23/10/2024Folks whose teams do user research: what proportion is done in-person vs online? (We’re trying to find this balance in my team at the NHS) 1065
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 16/10/2024Weirdly proud of getting a new Zip tap installed at work today. I seem to be the only one who actually reports it when things are broken. You're welcome, colleagues 😂 000
Reposted by Catherine HopeGavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 04/09/2024DB17 had @samrileynhs.bsky.social on making data count, www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/data-b... DB34 had @catherinehope.bsky.social on the Government Statistical Service's new dashboards guidance www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/data-b...instituteforgovernment.org.ukData Bites #17: Getting things done with data in government | Institute for GovernmentThis month's Data Bites featured presentations on how digitalisation should reshape energy, the ethics of data collection and vehicle activity. 211
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 31/08/2024I really wish my next door neighbour wouldn't hoover at 8am every single Saturday 😴 000
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 16/08/2024Today I got the new visualisations I’ve been waiting for - time series!! Instead of having to stitch together dates in excel - boom - all dates in one handy download. It’s so simple, but will save me HEAPS of faffing. Happy Catherine 😍 000
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 15/08/2024It’s a very Friday-y Thursday today and I don’t like it 020
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 11/08/2024Oh dear. Just thought "Petroc Trelawny is fit." I'm way older and more middle class than I'd ever imagined possible 010
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 07/08/2024Funny 🍪 story. One of my services has a task to check the cookie banner matches GDS patterns. There's one word on the Welsh button that's different from the ticket. The button is correct, it says ychwanegol="additional". The ticket has one letter different: d instead of the c. This means "ironic" 🙄 010
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social · 13/01/2024Foodie people of Newcastle: Is there an Italian restaurant in the area that does proper Primi and Secondi, not just pizza pasta? 000
