Agree with this, with one further extension: it would also be beneficial for policy SCS to extend these discussions to other professions. Taking one example, my last department there was a long trend of analysts moving into policy at G7/G6, but analysts get even less experience working with ministers on the day to day so the learning curve is even steeper. If we want to see more people able to move from delivery and other backgrounds into policy, we need to make sure that the tricks of the trade are not limited to those starting in the right silo.
Agree with this, with one further extension: it would also be beneficial for policy SCS to extend these discussions to other professions. Taking one example, my last department there was a long trend of analysts moving into policy at G7/G6, but analysts get even less experience working with ministers on the day to day so the learning curve is even steeper. If we want to see more people able to move from delivery and other backgrounds into policy, we need to make sure that the tricks of the trade are not limited to those starting in the right silo.
your posts seem to be 2 years old. when can we expect a new post?
I'm not sure. I might start writing again in future, but not so soon into a new government