Capability Reviews: Progress and Next Steps - The Civil Service
Capability Reviews: Progress and Next Steps - The Civil Service
Capability Reviews: Progress and Next Steps - The Civil Service
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Exhibit 3: Change trajectories<strong>Capability</strong> <strong>Reviews</strong> have generated forward momentum for change.Extentof changeCurrent trajectory:keep goingTail offSprint(<strong>Capability</strong> Review)‘You are here’Go backwardsPiecemeal changeTimeSource: Take-off or Tail-off? (Sunningdale Institute Evaluation)In order to sustain momentum, the evaluation recommended action in two areas:• the ‘vertical’ dimension within departments; <strong>and</strong>• the ‘horizontal’ dimension on cross-cutting issues <strong>and</strong> common capability gaps.Reforming the centreAn effective Whitehall centre is essential to delivering either of these dimensions.<strong>The</strong> evaluation recommended that the Cabinet Office should focus on developingthree key capabilities:• knowledge capture <strong>and</strong> transfer: a small <strong>and</strong> highly expert central unit couldprovide the infrastructure for knowledge transfer;• overcoming common capability gaps: a centre of excellence withunderst<strong>and</strong>ing of the gaps <strong>and</strong> the capacity to source solutions; <strong>and</strong>• talent management: much better resourcing of the corporate capability to findthe right people for the right place.<strong>The</strong> Cabinet Office <strong>Capability</strong> Review painted a similar picture <strong>and</strong> the CabinetOffice is already taking action in response. Chapter 2 of this report has bothdemonstrated that there is significant scope for better knowledge capture <strong>and</strong>transfer <strong>and</strong> also set out a picture of real but uneven progress in overcomingcommon capability gaps. Whilst some progress has been made, for exampleCAPABILITY REVIEWS: PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS59