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Civil Service Live

“Civil Service Live is an opportunity not only to showcase all that is best about the civil service but also learn from our partners in the wider public, private and third sector.”

- Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service

Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Civil Service Live

Gordon Brown MP Gordon Brown MP

“I am grateful to the thousands of civil servants who work so hard, day in, day out, to provide Britain with its vital public services.

“These services support each of us as individuals to realise our personal ambitions: for excellent education and lifelong learning, for good health and well being throughout our lives, for safety in our communities, and for security at work and in retirement.”
– Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, speaking at Civil Service Live, April 2008

Lions' Lair

Sir Gus O'Donnell and Peter Jones Sir Gus O'Donnell and Peter Jones


Sir Gus O’ Donnell and Dragon’s Den Entrepreneur Peter Jones discuss the role of innovation in the civil service, and how key innovation is to the successful delivery of public services.

“The biggest asset of any organisation is its people, the Lions' Lair event was really important to give civil servants the chance to showcase and pitch their ideas for improving the public sector. It’s vital for the civil service to use the entrepreneurial and creative skills of its employees to keep streamlining and modernising…”
– Peter Jones, Entrepreneur

Public Service Innovation – learning and development session

Public Service Innovation Professor John Bessant - Imperial College, David Kester - Chief Executive of the Design Council, Kristina Murrin – Founding Director, ?What If! And Su Maddock – National School of Government deliver an introduction to public service innovation


Public Risk – Health of the Working Age Population - learning and development session

Dame Carol Black shares her findings and recommendations from Review of the Health of the Working Age Population, highlighting the impact on the civil service and wider public sector, as well as the delivery of healthcare and the wider implications. Public Risk – Health of the Working Age Population - learning and development session


Simply Better: Delivering What Matters Most to Customers – learning and development session

Simply Better: Delivering What Matters Most to Customers – learning and development session Paddy Barwise, Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing, London Business School presents his award winning book “Simply Better: Winning and Keeping Customers by Delivering What Matters Most,” and relates it to the public sector.