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Jordan Urban

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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I wrote for @civilserviceworld.bsky.social about the skills the policy profession should cultivate in an AI-augmented future www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
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Policy professionals may face a skills gap in AI-augmented future
The disruption of AI could be positive, but the civil service must be agile enough to adapt
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I'm in @computerweekly.bsky.social talking about how LLMs might change the way the civil service makes policy www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Tech...
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Technology is changing and so should the civil service | Computer Weekly
Policy making is among the most important and hardest jobs the civil service does, and improving how it is done is a substantial prize. A policy making process which blends human expertise with LLMs w...
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Teodor Grama @teodorgrama.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Perhaps widespread LLM adoption (in the drive to meet ministerial expectations, increase productivity and cut costs) might be what finally forces the civil service to more radically rethink how it approaches subject matter expertise in the policy profession.
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
How will LLMs change the way policy civil servants work? New @instituteforgov.bsky.social paper finds that: 1) The role of policymakers will increasingly be to add expertise & new insights to LLM outputs 2) LLMs might make it harder for policymakers to acquire important skills
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Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Much discussion about AI in government - @jordanurban.bsky.social brings some balanced clarity in this piece which is well worth a read www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Policy making in the era of artificial intelligence | Institute for Government
Technology is changing and so should the civil service.
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Teodor Grama @teodorgrama.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
💼Are you or have you ever been on the civil service fast stream? Are you applying this year? The @instituteforgov.bsky.social wants to know your views on the scheme - and how it can be improved. Fill out our survey (and get the chance to win a £30 Amazon voucher): tinyurl.com/5fvh7wz8!
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Generative AI & particularly LLMs will have a big impact on the civil service. For @instituteforgov.bsky.social I’ve zoomed into how it could change policymaking in particular. What are the opportunities & risks? Read my piece to find out! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Policy making in the era of artificial intelligence | Institute for Government
Technology is changing and so should the civil service.
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Shivani Chivukula @shivanichivukula.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Some key takeaways from our chapter on AI, digital and data in Whitehall Monitor 2025 [🧵]:
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Last chance to apply for this great role!
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
On a personal level, delighted to see Pat McFadden's speech yesterday focus on improving civil service recruitment & bringing more outsiders into government. Something I've been urging for years & could be an important set of reforms. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Opening up: how to strengthen the civil service through external recruitment | Institute for Government
The civil service’s ability to deliver ministers’ priorities is being hurt by its failure to attract and properly use the skills of external recruits.
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Teodor Grama @teodorgrama.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
What is the state of diversity in the civil service? My latest @instituteforgov.bsky.social analyses the most recent data and picks out the biggest stories, trends and changes from the last two decades. Quick thread on where the civil service stands in 2024 – and how it still needs to change. 1/5
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Diversity in the civil service | Institute for Government
Promoting diversity and inclusion has been a priority for the civil service leadership.
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This will be a great event and we’ll learn a lot about what public sector reform under the new government might mean. Sign up below to come along!
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Enjoyed watching this: Peter Hennessy talking about his new book Whitehall on C-SPAN in 1989 – and comparing the British bureaucracy to the American one booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/10035-1
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Booknotes :: Home
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Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Writing for us this weekend, @instituteforgov.bsky.social’s @alexgathomas.bsky.social & @jordanurban.bsky.social argue Starmer could make life easier for himself — and his successors — by setting up his own department: the Department for the PM & Cabinet (DPCM) www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Keir Starmer Should Finally Fix The Central Government Machine
Keir Starmer has faced a difficult early period in power. The Prime Minister could make his life easier by re-arranging the centre of government — ...
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Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
A new @instituteforgov.bsky.social comment piece from me with more reflections on the Jonathan Powell appointment www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/jona...
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Jonathan Powell’s appointment as national security adviser will change the way the job works | Institute for Government
Jonathan Powell's appointment sets a precedent that future prime ministers will follow.
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Trump’s election has immediate consequences for the British state. The securocracy will deal with a v different US. Labour’s agenda becomes harder to deliver & the new US ambo must be able to navigate Mar-a-Lago. Me for @instituteforgov.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/dona...
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Donald Trump’s America will be a different type of partner for the UK | Institute for Government
The second Trump presidency could reshape relations across the globe.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
What I'm meant to be thinking about for the months ahead: how the UK government should organise itself for this Growth Mission. I have almost no idea, and if anyone has thoughts, links to good stuff, then share, please. Meanwhile, here was a successful blog of mine on the politics wp.me/pDsIG-15I
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Political choices in choosing growth
One of the natural reactions to learning that Labour has a mission to grow the economy is to sneer. Every government wants to grow the economy! Most Budgets announce themselves as being a Budget fo…
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Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Going to start using BlueSky more. Here’s my latest for @instituteforgov.bsky.social on the rise & fall of the Department for International Development. Advocates need to reckon more seriously with why it was abolished www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/depa...
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DfID’s rise and fall provides lessons for government departments | Institute for Government
The Department for International Development lost political backing despite its successes.
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Sophie Metcalfe @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
NEW report: How can the government meet its housing targets? The latest in our chronic policy problem series - we look at why past governments have failed to meet their targets and 10 principles the government should follow to set a better record. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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How the government can build more homes | Institute for Government
Why successive governments have found it difficult to deliver on housebuilding pledges.
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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 14/12/2023
Civil service relocation has worked well – but risks lie ahead The government needs to combine targets with an intelligent approach to the location of new roles and commitment to making new offices successful, writes @jordanurban.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
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Civil service relocation has worked well – but risks lie ahead | Institute for Government
The government should learn the lessons of why relocation has been successful so far
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