Stefan Czerniawski
@pubstr.at
Blogging less than the olden days. Still working to make public services better, now in healthcare regulation.
See also name badges. I know what the event logo looks like, it's the names I want to be able to read.
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
See also name badges. I know what the event logo looks like, it's the names I want to be able to read.
Only if you can also provide evidence of having made a vacuous comment about the weather each day for at least three of the last five years.
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Only if you can also provide evidence of having made a vacuous comment about the weather each day for at least three of the last five years.
British sarcasm is worth a two year reduction. Nasty foreign humour adds five years.
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
British sarcasm is worth a two year reduction. Nasty foreign humour adds five years.
It sort of does. Or did. It's part of what heads of profession for social research in government departments certainly used to do.
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It sort of does. Or did. It's part of what heads of profession for social research in government departments certainly used to do.
Now you're getting the hang of this
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Now you're getting the hang of this
Some of it is, I suspect, a widespread failure to recognise that survey design is a highly specialised activity best done by experts. And some of it is not that at all.
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Some of it is, I suspect, a widespread failure to recognise that survey design is a highly specialised activity best done by experts. And some of it is not that at all.
Luckily, I've got 8 IP addresses.
February 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Luckily, I've got 8 IP addresses.
I successfully completed it just a couple of minutes ago. Though successfully is too strong a word, it's a very badly designed survey.
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I successfully completed it just a couple of minutes ago. Though successfully is too strong a word, it's a very badly designed survey.
No, because it's now open, just finished responding
February 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
No, because it's now open, just finished responding
And if you persevere, you will be rewarded with a #FixTheForms special bonus - a double negative so convoluted that it gets its own explanation - agreeing means no and disagreeing means yes. Of course.
February 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
And if you persevere, you will be rewarded with a #FixTheForms special bonus - a double negative so convoluted that it gets its own explanation - agreeing means no and disagreeing means yes. Of course.
May have been a glitch - seems to be up now. Though there is something special about having a Home Office survey about integration in the UK guarded by a captcha featuring objects not to be found within thousands of miles
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
May have been a glitch - seems to be up now. Though there is something special about having a Home Office survey about integration in the UK guarded by a captcha featuring objects not to be found within thousands of miles
Bear loses to goat - more news as we get it
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Bear loses to goat - more news as we get it
Senior civil service experience ✅
Strong delivery record ✅
Co-ordination across departments ✅
Robust enforcement methods ✅
Effective elimination of rivals ✅
Looks as though we are down to a shortlist of one. Prepare to meet your destiny.
Strong delivery record ✅
Co-ordination across departments ✅
Robust enforcement methods ✅
Effective elimination of rivals ✅
Looks as though we are down to a shortlist of one. Prepare to meet your destiny.
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Senior civil service experience ✅
Strong delivery record ✅
Co-ordination across departments ✅
Robust enforcement methods ✅
Effective elimination of rivals ✅
Looks as though we are down to a shortlist of one. Prepare to meet your destiny.
Strong delivery record ✅
Co-ordination across departments ✅
Robust enforcement methods ✅
Effective elimination of rivals ✅
Looks as though we are down to a shortlist of one. Prepare to meet your destiny.
Senator, I knew Jeremy &c &c. Olly is not a Jeremy in waiting.
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Senator, I knew Jeremy &c &c. Olly is not a Jeremy in waiting.
Yes, I think that would help a lot. It would be good for transparency and also (I hope) demonstrate that the aim is to do with, not to do to.
February 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Yes, I think that would help a lot. It would be good for transparency and also (I hope) demonstrate that the aim is to do with, not to do to.
...despite heroic efforts by @maltbyps.bsky.social to explain each tribe to the other in advance. That was then and the world has moved on, but I am not convinced these two things collapse into each other.
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
...despite heroic efforts by @maltbyps.bsky.social to explain each tribe to the other in advance. That was then and the world has moved on, but I am not convinced these two things collapse into each other.
I definitely agree that there is value i bringing the two together. But there is also value in policy makers being encouraged to reflect and develop in this way - and the OTG event in 2017 attempting that didn't succeed in creating enough shared space...
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I definitely agree that there is value i bringing the two together. But there is also value in policy makers being encouraged to reflect and develop in this way - and the OTG event in 2017 attempting that didn't succeed in creating enough shared space...
That did leave me slightly wondering whether it was genuinely grass roots or might perhaps be astroturfing. So it might be worth thinking about whether a little more visibility of who 'we' is could help with spreading the word.
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
That did leave me slightly wondering whether it was genuinely grass roots or might perhaps be astroturfing. So it might be worth thinking about whether a little more visibility of who 'we' is could help with spreading the word.
Good to see your endorsement - it looks looks like a great idea, but the survey and webpage don't give much away about who is behind it, other than the line in the survey footer asserting that "This form was created inside TPXimpact."
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Good to see your endorsement - it looks looks like a great idea, but the survey and webpage don't give much away about who is behind it, other than the line in the survey footer asserting that "This form was created inside TPXimpact."
No plans to build any bypasses round here, so all is well
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
No plans to build any bypasses round here, so all is well
I see Bruce has distinctive literary tastes. Is his dark secret that he once accidentally swallowed an entire battle fleet?
February 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I see Bruce has distinctive literary tastes. Is his dark secret that he once accidentally swallowed an entire battle fleet?
The generalised case of the oddity I mentioned a while ago
I can well imagine. As a very edgy edge case, if anybody ever gets s3 of the Dentists Act 1984 to point to reg 5 of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008, I will be profoundly impressed by their deep voodoo and delighted to buy them a very large drink.
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The generalised case of the oddity I mentioned a while ago