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  • Building a collaborative relationship between client and supplier: An anti-pattern workshop

    Last week, we headed off to a campsite in Dorset for the very first CommsUnplugged event, keeping our fingers crossed that the rain would hold off for at least most of the day, and luckily we weren’t disappointed. After a great keynote opener by Giles Henschel from Olives et al and other workshops and panels…

  • How to communicate more effectively with colleagues

    This summer we headed off to Birmingham to sponsor and take part in the CommsCamp unconference, where a converted warehouse played host to over 180 public sector PR, marketing and communications professionals. Throughout the day, a common theme that emerged was of the problems with internal communications in the public sector and how these can be…

  • Join us for a Kanban Workshop – 21st September

    Join Delivery Manager, Alex Jackson at a workshop on Kanban. Discover the history behind Kanban and learn how to deliver projects more efficiently whilst having fun (and making ‘pizza’!)

  • Our work with The Department for Education

    We’ve recently partnered with the Department for Education to help improve how permanent teacher vacancies are advertised and filled. Schools have told the DfE that the teacher recruitment market is hugely complex; both for schools in publishing vacancies and for teachers searching for jobs.   Increased commercialisation and the use of agencies in the marketplace…

  • London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads

    When I joined dxw in 2013, an introductory blog post wasn’t yet a thing on our onboarding checklist. It happened that my first piece of writing for the company’s blog was about the WebDevConf I attended in 2014 in Bristol. Back then, I thought that if I ever wanted to move out of London, I…

  • Beyond slide decks and reports

    Beyond slide decks and reports: Running workshops to share research findings and help others apply design thinking We recently worked on a discovery project with the Government Digital Service (GDS) to improve the tools and systems that support the Cabinet Office spend controls. We worked with the Standards Assurance team at GDS, who are responsible…