Fix the damn websites

The humble website is at the centre of how citizens and businesses see and interact with governments online, but examples of brilliant government websites are still few and far between. In fact, they are a byword for confusing, often driving people toward expensive face to face support or commercial offers which pick up the gap.

Why are governments still getting it so wrong? In this talk, Emma Gawen, Partner at global digital transformation consultancy Public Digital, will apply lessons from conversations spanning 10 years answering ‘How do I get my site to be like GOV.UK’? She will unpack some of the common failings of government websites, and how we use product management practices and human centred design to deliver something better.