Amaze Magazine is a brand new digital download magazine for students/creative types looking to break into the creative media industry. Packed full of interviews from peers & industry professionals, tips & tricks, news on competition & projects from around the world and so much more...
It is available monthly on the ISSUU platform and also available on the 5ways website.

The great thing about this magazine is that it highlights the kind of people available to help your... Read full post

This is mainly a test post. Well.. Let's see if I can keep this up. Check out my friend's profile if you have time… since they are cooler than me.

I've stumbled across a small tale that brilliantly illustrates the importance of thinking before you answer a question.
Sir Oliver Franks was Ambassador to the United States in the late 1940s. One year, a Washington radio station asked various ambassadors what they would most like for Christmas. The French Ambassador responded that he would like to see peace throughout the world. The Russian Ambassador said he wanted to see working people of the world freed from imperialism. Franks' response... Read full post

It was announced yesterday that government’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Joe Harley, is leaving at the end of the financial year. This is something of a shock, because Harley has been heralded as the man who will transform government’s IT fortunes. It’s also quite concerning because his own department, DWP, has a very large IT system that needs to be in place by 2013, and Harley will leave before the system is fully developed.People come and go, but Harley’s... Read full post

Looking forward to meeting a number of Trading Fund representatives on Friday 30th September to discuss the opportunities for collaboration on issues affecting Trading Funds. Steve Kershaw, FCO Services

It's no surprise to hear debates about localism at the Liberal Democrat party conference – it’s a central tenant of their identity. One key theme this year seemed to be the crucial link between power and money.
 At a fringe discussion on planning reforms, one audience member complained of central government’s reluctance to devolve meaningful financial powers to councils, and his point was supported by Stephen Gilbert MP, who said he was hoping for “fairly radical... Read full post

Last night I had the privilege of hugging Baroness Shirley Williams.
 
Baroness Williams was being honoured in the Lifetime Achievement category at the annual Women in Public Life Awards. I was asked to present the award – another privilege – and so had the chance to give her a congratulatory hug before she made her acceptance speech.
 
In the speech Williams, who had already been named Peer of the Year, spoke about the power of female friendship.
 
“One... Read full post

Speaking in an interview with the Sunday Times last weekend, chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander said:
"I think government benefits from having all sorts of backgrounds and, equally, from different parts of the country. There's a danger that civil servants in Whitehall are very London-based people who never go beyond the M25, so sometimes they need to be reminded that there's a whole country out there. And now, more than ever, I realise how immesely privileged I am to have grown... Read full post

Change is everywhere in the civil service; the organisation will emerge from these times as a very different beast.We recently announced a massive £3.75bn in savings achieved in just the first 10 months of the coalition government, from May 2010 to March 2011. The minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, pledged in October to leave no stone unturned in the hunt for savings. Since then, both in the Cabinet Office and across the whole of government, civil servants have worked... Read full post

5ways demo theme for Civil Service Live 2012