Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
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Acknowledged
Witnesses told us that the transformative changes needed by government will require both large scale projects and day-to-day incremental improvements involving front-line staff.16 We asked how departments will remove the barriers to innovation by creating a working environment that encourages challenge of current thinking. The ODP described the importance of …
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Witnesses told us that the transformative changes needed by government will require both large scale projects and day-to-day incremental improvements involving front-line staff.16 We asked how departments will remove the barriers to innovation by creating a working environment that encourages challenge of current thinking. The ODP described the importance of seeing failure as an opportunity to learn rather than share blame, and creating a sense of empowerment and creativity. We were told about how ideas generated from right across DWP were key to it dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.17
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Government response AI summary
The Profession will continue to measure take-up of resources Heads of Profession (HoPs) and other stakeholders use to engage their staff in improving services, and will continue to use existing HoP forums to discuss and share best practice. Work is also underway to introduce service …
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Conclusion
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Acknowledged
The ODP’s focus is on its 290,000 members in the Civil Service. These members work within central government organisations or arm-length bodies within those organisations. Around 80% of ODP members work in just five government departments: the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Home Office, HM …
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The ODP’s focus is on its 290,000 members in the Civil Service. These members work within central government organisations or arm-length bodies within those organisations. Around 80% of ODP members work in just five government departments: the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Home Office, HM Revenue and Customs and the Ministry of Defence.20
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Government response AI summary
Acknowledges the composition of the ODP membership and states its strategy aims to continue expanding learning for all members across all civil service grades.
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Recommendation
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Acknowledged
The ODP also told us how it had invited two senior leaders from mayoral authorities to join the latest cohort of ODP Excel, a learning programme to improve participants readiness for senior operational delivery role, and attend its training events.25 However, the ODP recognised that there was scope for it …
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The ODP also told us how it had invited two senior leaders from mayoral authorities to join the latest cohort of ODP Excel, a learning programme to improve participants readiness for senior operational delivery role, and attend its training events.25 However, the ODP recognised that there was scope for it to go further in building capability more broadly across central government into local government.26 For example, the skills framework and job families it has created for central government would also have relevance to local authority staff.27 Also, while the ODP highlights opportunities for career progression to its members, this does not extend to opportunities that may exist within local government.28 Witnesses recognised the benefits of existing efforts to build networks with local government, and we observed that more routine placing of ODP members into more local and particularly mayoral authorities would strengthen this, for example by providing forums to discuss issues.29
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Government response AI summary
The Profession agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and is actively working with the wider public sector by sharing relevant elements of the profession offer, and has explored and identified opportunities to increase public and private sector engagement, by working with the Whitehall and Industry Group …
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Recommendation
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Acknowledged
We asked about how well connected ODP was to the private sector. The ODP told us that there were opportunities to learn from the private sector about how to innovate in the delivery of public services, and said its Senior Community of Practice events enable the ODP to draw on …
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We asked about how well connected ODP was to the private sector. The ODP told us that there were opportunities to learn from the private sector about how to innovate in the delivery of public services, and said its Senior Community of Practice events enable the ODP to draw on insights and challenge from private sector thought leaders.30 The Head of ODP also reflected on the value he had personally got out of a private sector secondment in terms of learning about different ways of working, as well as on the potential for more such interplay.31 23 Q 42 24 Qq 33, 39, 41 25 Qq 32, 37; C&AG’s Report, Figure 5 26 Qq 37, 42 27 Q 42 28 Qq 36, 42, 61, 63 29 Qq 32-33, 43 30 Q 54 31 Q 64 11 2 Improving government’s operational capability Building the right capabilities
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Government response AI summary
The Profession agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and is actively working with the wider public sector by sharing relevant elements of the profession offer, and has explored and identified opportunities to increase public and private sector engagement, by working with the Whitehall and Industry Group …
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HM Treasury