{"id":8,"date":"2026-09-18T08:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneteamgov.uk\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:15:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oneteamgov.uk\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’re a global community of innovators, working together to radically reform the public sector through practical action. We’re driven by optimism and the desire to make things better, and united by a set of core principles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Mission<\/h2>\n

The community is made up of people who are passionate about public sector reform (we deliberately want this to be wider than just government), with the emphasis on improving the services we offer to citizens and how we work. We believe the public sector can be brilliant, and we\u2019re committed to making it so.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to work for government to be in the community, nor be a public servant in the wider sense, nor indeed be in the UK; we need diverse perspectives, with people of all sectors, areas and interests helping. We think we\u2019re unstoppable if we work together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDon\u2019t bring policy and delivery closer together – make them the same thing<\/blockquote>

\u2014 James Reeve, 24th March 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The backstory<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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by Kit Collingwood-Richardson in 2017<\/h3>\n

On 29th June 2017, 186 people came together in London to talk about how we could work across disciplines to make government more effective.<\/p>\n

Three months before that I heard James Reeve<\/a>\u00a0talk about making policy and delivery the same thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I realised that there are \u2018policy profession\u2019 events or \u2018service design\u2019 events, but nowhere we could get together to break down barriers and talk about shared problems and goals. This creates mistrust and antipathy, and means that siloed thinking can thrive.<\/p>\n

I wanted to change that. I wanted a place where anyone, regardless of their profession, discipline or background, could come to talk about government:<\/p>\n