Chris Miles

Civil servant. Sometime poor mental health sufferer. CBT and WOL enthusiast. Newly volunteered reform champion - #AModernCivilService

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@pinstripedline Oh please no, I can’t take the revival of the stupid discussions around this.

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@johnstepper Yes, 2020 print, with the blue cover. Having been on a coach for 7 hours today, over two trips, I’ve devoured the majority of the book. Final chapter to read and then looking to start a circle for the second time (I already strongarmed one of my last circle to return)

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

Reading (again) Working Out Loud by @johnstepper. Having fallen into an amazing job role with a brilliant team by sheer luck, then spent a year building my ‘social capital’ through conversations and sharing my knowledge, I feel a deeper connection with the themes this time.

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

Inspirational stuff. Trying desperately to think of when I might have time to try this!

[SO2 portaloos - a staff officers story! @SO2portaloos]

Alright, here we go then. You asked and I shall deliver.

HOW TO MAKE THE TASTIEST OF TASTY BURGERS. A THREAD

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@jasonkitcat @benunsworth @jukesie @katybeale @stevedesigner I’m gratified to see this recognised at director level. I work in a ‘technology’ (network infrastructure) team within my organisation’s ‘x Digital’. We’re in a different building to the main digital office but there’s a larger gap between us than the 400 metre walk!

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@Wiltsgal Also, big fan of your tweetnotes. I've tried to do weeknotes on a couple of occasions and I always end up forgetting about it for an extended period. Like the last 3 months or so this time...

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

Opportunities for people keen on #ModernCivilService - I've had enough contact with @Wiltsgal to know that she's a leader who is constantly striving for innovation and improvement.

[SCrump @Wiltsgal]

These are brilliant roles working in a fantastic team.

If you want to help SMEs become potential suppliers to Defence and Security organisations;
If you want to help Defence organisations innovate and adopt innovations, then these are your real chances to make a difference 👇

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@Wiltsgal Well, if memory serves me correctly (which is getting less likely by the day it sometimes seems) I first interacted with you on DC coming up to ten years ago I expect, as a kind of OG keeper of the "things can change" faith. Nothing over the years has changed that perception.

[Sir Humphrey @pinstripedline]

If you are concerned about todays news that "elite SAS soldiers face jail if they refuse to salute MOD Civil Servants" then you'd be a fool not read the Pinstripedline blog today on the case for MOD Civil Service Equivalency.

https://t.co/XsTw5xT7xu

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

I’ve said it before and I’m starting to suspect I’ll say it again many more times - the absolute state of the comments on this 🤦‍♂️

[Cabinet Office @cabinetofficeuk]

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Watch the video below 📽️👇

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

I don’t have the emotional room right now to deal with so great a man having so wrong an opinion 😑

[Richard Osman @richardosman]

Now I'm allowed to tweet anything without being fired, I can finally say it. Pickled Onion is not the best Monster Munch flavour. Roast Beef is.

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

Two weeks? More like six months…

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

If memory serves me correctly, James Acaster established that you can’t argue with someone who uses the “word shmord” format. Therefore this is the correctest answer there ever has been!

[Energetic Material @RDXsurprise]

@Sashylee @adhdjesse Creator shmeator.
I love how the question is always phrased: is gif pronounced gif or jif.
I think the question answers itself in the framing!

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

Highly accurate

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

First day back after the holidays

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@SuperSimple365 @Lesley_wolan @johnstepper You’re in luck, I’ve already been on this months. Although I could do with a deadline like that to focus me on tackling the reading backlog taking up the corner of my desk!

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@hankbanner If I had to I’d drink Peroni, Moretti or Amstel. Estrella if I was truly desperate.

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

Nine more working days, split by a week off, before two eagerly awaited moments - Bloodstock music festival, followed by first day in a new job. Now, what chance I’ll make it through this massive to-do list prior to departure from my current role?…

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@pinstripedline Wasn’t it NBE1?

[Chris Miles @cmilesuk]

@hankbanner Looking devilishly handsome yourself