people and skills – Digital trade

Growing as a data leader through a temporary promotion

Leonardo Mazzone - Senior Data Scientist, 24 February 2025 - People

Read how a temporary promotion lead to Leonardo Mazzone helping his new team to overcome some demanding challenges.

From Learning to Leading: Celebrating Apprenticeships in the Civil Service

Andy Palmer, Senior Capability Manager, Hameda Akther, Head of Portfolio Management Office and Julia Crompton – Service Owner for Employee Experience, 12 February 2025 - People

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2025, we’ll share information about apprenticeship opportunities within Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) and hear from some of our apprentices.

How we built a service owner profession at the Department for Business and Trade

Anais Reding, Chief Digital Officer - Business Growth, Julian dos Remedios - Service Owner of Customer Relations Management system and Julia Crompton – Service Owner for Employee Experience, 20 February 2024 - Professions

How Service Owners bridge the gap between the Digital Data and Technology directorate and the rest of the Department for Business and Trade.

How taking part in Movember is a great example of DBT’s culture

Graham Sanders, Senior Interaction Designer, 5 December 2023 - People

How taking part in Movember reflects DBT's shared positive culture.

Introducing students to a career in Digital, Data and Technology

Kelly Voysey, Product Adoption Manager, Joanne Granton, Capability Lead and Andy Palmer, Senior Capability Manager, 31 August 2023 - People, Professions

A team from DBT shared their DDaT career advice and experiences with students at Exeter college.

Finding innovative solutions through the DBT Data Challenge

Tayyib Sadiqque, Data Engineer and Jennie Rich - Digital Engagement Manager, 13 July 2023 - Professions

How teams from across DBT collaborated to win the DBT Data Challenge.

Data Workspace meets Number 10

Michal Charemza, Tech Lead, 6 September 2022 - Products

How Data Workspace supplied the data to drive forward net zero policy.

Boosting data confidence with bootcamps

Agnes Coaker, Senior Data Analyst, 20 July 2022 - Products

How we developed a learning programme to help the Department for International Trade make better use of data

Building our User Research Capability in DIT

Jonathan Nicholls, Head of User Research, 4 July 2022 - Professions

DIT is reinvigorating its user research function. Read about some of the challenges we are addressing to increase our impact on DIT’s digital services.

Excel at engagement and events in the post-pandemic world

Natalia Rowles, Product Engagement Manager and Hannah Horn, Head of Engagement and Strategic Adoption, 28 June 2022 - People

DDaT’s Engagement and Strategic Adoption team share their tips for running an inclusive, hybrid event for a large organisation using DDaT Week as a case study.