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Janet Hughes

Janet Hughes

@janethughes.bsky.social

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Director General Reform and Efficiency, UK Cabinet Office Allotmenteer, reader, over-enthusiast. Here to learn and make things work better.

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Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 1

Did a little interview with @beckiesmith.bsky.social @civilserviceworld.bsky.social - thanks v much Beckie for having me! :)

Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · Oct 1

Read about how @janethughes.bsky.social is setting about reforming the state, bringing vast experience and #OneTeamGov energy

Be more Janet

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'Being a leader isn’t about becoming great at everything': Civil service reform DG Janet Hughes sets out her priorities

Hughes, who became Cabinet Office DG for civil service reform and efficiency in June, on bringing the spirit of One Team Gov to her new role, test ...

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Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 1

What a lovely thing to say, thank you!🙏🏼

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 1

🫣❤️

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 1

That’s a lovely thing to say, thank you lovely ☺️

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Beckie Smith @beckiesmith.bsky.social · May 22

In "there's a CSW story for everything" news, here's a thought-provoking piece soon-to-be civil service reform DG @janethughes.bsky.social wrote for us back in 2016 on boldness – too often "actively discouraged, squashed or derided": www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

Government Digital Service programme director Janet Hughes: What if boldness were an explicit value of the civil service?

Civil servants will always need to be honest, impartial, objective, and act with integrity – but we must make sure we don’t encourage passivity or ...

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Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 22

Ha! Thanks for re-sharing that old chestnut!

Fortunately I fully agree with my past self, on this if not on all things :)

#BeBold

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

Bring Back #AskKeith

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

OMG that's like the maybe only the 3rd time that's been known to happen in all the years I've known you! I am honoured! 😍😅

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

absolutely - that's what makes it interesting and worth doing imo :)

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

haha thank you and don't worry I plan on bringing plenty of that along :) :)

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you so much Will, that's so lovely of you to say <3

I'm so massively grateful to have had the opportunity to meet so many incredible people in this role and I will carry them all in my heart for a very long time <3

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

Defra will be appointing someone to carry forward the work of the farming and countryside programme shortly and will share info about who is taking over asap.

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

I'm also really excited to have the chance to help make public policies and services work better at scale in my new role.

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

I'm massively grateful to everyone I've had the pleasure of working with over the last 5 years and hugely proud of the progress we've made together.

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · May 20

Afternoon all :)

After 5 years in my role in Defra, I'm going to be leaving this June to take up a new role as Director General of Civil Service Reform and Efficiency in the @cabinetofficeuk.bsky.social

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Nov 17

That list is my and @contentdesign.london’s Finest Work of All Time, and I will have you know that (a) absolutely nobody takes any notice of it at all, at least not when it comes to policy-related content, and (b) if only they did, then all the main problems would be instantly solved.

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Nov 6

Manic Miner :)

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Nov 6

LOOK what me and my Dad just found, during an archeological dig in one of his cupboards!

(Sound on!)

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 24

I am 100% here for the niche / nerdy soil-related joke content 👍👌❤️

h/t @waiterich.bsky.social

Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · Oct 24

Geologists got soil jokes.

A triangle with percentages along each side. One side says clay one side says silt, and one side says sand. At different spots inside the triangle are different songs like red dirt girl digging in the dirt beneath the silt and heaven is a place on earth. The joke is that this is like a ternary diagram, which allows geologists to map out the relative components in different rocks.

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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · Oct 18

#UKGovCamp2025 is looking for someone with comms experience and enthusiasm for improving government to help us with our upcoming event in January. If that's you or someone you know please reply to this. Thanks!

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 17

How utterly wonderful 😍💔

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 17

100%

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 17

Also, orchestrating / navigating the operating environment > being right, every time. Being right is at best insufficient, and normally irrelevant

Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social · Oct 17

100% - a lot of opportunities come in fancy dress as disasters / there are almost always opportunities lurking if you’re prepared to look around for them. Opportunism entrepreneurialism are the Main Things you need to make anything much good happen, it turns out.