by Lee Emery | Jun 12, 2018 | Digital Stockport, Workforce Development
Collaboration and communication are at the heart of Agile ways of working, so it’s somewhat ironic that agile terminology like ‘kanban’ and ‘standups’ can inadvertedly put up barriers. In this blog I aim to bust some agile jargon and show some simple steps you can...
by Lisa Kowalewski | May 24, 2018 | Digital Stockport, Service Design, Workforce Development
During my first few weeks at Stockport Council I noticed that many of the key principles and methods of service design were being applied, but not necessarily identified or externalized as such. This not only makes it more difficult to demonstrate the value service...
by Sarah Burke | Mar 9, 2018 | Digital Stockport, Workforce Development
Stockport Council is committed to providing apprenticeship opportunities and has put 144 new apprentices into position during 2017/18. During National Apprenticeship Week we are giving one of the apprentices in our digital team a chance to describe their experience....
by Dan Fenwick | Jan 11, 2018 | Digital Stockport, Workforce Development
We have recently completed Phase 1 of the mobile working roll out for Stockport Family, where 130 Social Workers and School Age Plus Workers were provided with touch screen tablets with on board 4G SIM for using on the go as well as in the office. Two training...
by Emily Wilson | Nov 24, 2017 | Digital Stockport, Workforce Development
Our experience of recruiting digital staff at Stockport Council has clearly shown that the Digital Skills gap both in the workplace and wider community is growing. Talking to peers confirms that we are not alone in facing this problem. So what is the digital skills...
by Emma Collingridge | Aug 30, 2017 | Digital Stockport, Workforce Development
Our Digital by Design programme is committed to supporting services with new ways of working. By improving our mobile working processes and replacing equipment we will achieve efficiencies in both time and cost and also better customer service for our residents. What...
