Learning to swim at Parliament
Gemma Rogers joined PDS a couple of months ago and blogs about working in Parliament and how she's coping working in such a large organisation.
Cultural values
Dude, where's my data? PDS in North America
Dan Barrett recently went on a work trip to Washington D.C. and Ottawa to meet people and talk about data and search. He talks about being more outward looking and what he's learned from others doing similar work.
Guest post: user research meets PhD research
Jack is a PhD researcher at the University of Southampton and he recently took a break from his studies for a two week placement with the user research team at PDS. He wanted to learn more about the profession so here’s what he found.
Impostor syndrome and mental health
Gavin Elliott from the Department for Work and Pensions recently came to PDS to talk about imposter syndrome and mental health issues. He talked about the importance of getting help and why it's good to talk.
What Parliament can learn from #oneteamgov
Some of PDS went to the first ever One Team Government event. It was a chance to talk about how to make government better by working together and many of the topics applied to Parliament. Laurence and Rebecca talk about what they learned at the event.
I AM PARLIAMENT and what it means for us
Rosie Hatton talks about the work we're doing to create a personal way for staff to relate to the digital strategy. We’ve created something called I AM PARLIAMENT to help staff take ownership of the strategy.
Storytime: Instagramming the Queen for the first time
Here at PDS we like to be the first to try new things. We did our first ever Instagram story at the State Opening of Parliament this year. Here's how it went.
Three months and counting
One of our new product managers talks about his first few weeks at PDS. How having any new job is pretty daunting and how it's even more so when it's as world renowned and prestigious as Parliament.
Simply de-stressed
Laurence Favager talks about his career move from journalist restricted by deadlines, to PDS content designer free to iterate.
Balancing the beach with Big Ben
Charlotte Littleboy talks about flexible working, why it's important when you work and live in two different countries and how she balances beach life with working in PDS.