Move fast and test things: Thoughtful risk-taking can build a new era for public service reform
28 Nov 2025 Risk Management

Move fast and test things: Thoughtful risk-taking can build a new era for public service reform

The next generation of reformers will be those who see failure as a step forward
by Emma de Closset
‘The best decisions I’ve taken have required risk’: Five minutes with former intelligence director Andrew Pike
21 May Risk Management
‘The best decisions I’ve taken have required risk’: Five minutes with former intelligence director Andrew Pike
Darren Jones: Ministers and civil servants ‘will own risks together'
21 Jan Risk Management
Darren Jones: Ministers and civil servants ‘will own risks together'
Director's Cut: Defra's Edward Barker on risk-taking, shirt-shuttling and why a civil service career is hard to beat
03 Nov 2025 Risk Management
Director's Cut: Defra's Edward Barker on risk-taking, shirt-shuttling and why a civil service career is hard to beat
'What keeps you awake at night?': A guide to the government risk management profession
26 Mar 2024 Risk Management
'What keeps you awake at night?': A guide to the government risk management profession
In this ongoing series, CSW provides a guide to professions and functions across the civil service. Here we offer a glimpse at risk management professionals do, and how they work with other parts of government
Government needs ‘fundamental culture change’ to risk management after Covid
26 Jul 2022 Risk Management
Government needs ‘fundamental culture change’ to risk management after Covid
Pandemic “has shown the potential costs of failing to prepare effectively", think tank says
Risk management profession set to recruit first chief
29 Nov 2021 Risk Management
Risk management profession set to recruit first chief
Government finance function head Cat Little says learning and development programme for new profession should be in place by autumn next year
Risk management profession could take 18 months to set up, ministers say
11 Nov 2021 Risk Management
Risk management profession could take 18 months to set up, ministers say
Boardman Review recommendation could take more than a year to progress, MPs are told
Department for International Development urged to sharpen risk management to ensure aid doesn't go missing
09 Aug 2016 Risk Management
Department for International Development urged to sharpen risk management to ensure aid doesn't go missing

New report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact says DfID staff working in fragile and conflict-afflicted states are sometimes confused about how to manage risk