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Nimble Spotlight: Meet Amanda King, Lead Service Designer

As we approach International Women’s Day 2026, we’re celebrating the incredible women at Nimble Approach by sharing their stories, career lessons, and perspectives on leadership. In this spotlight,…

carabills47a77b925b25th February 2026

Inside Nimble

The Power of Diverse Thinking: An IWD Conversation with our CEO, Matt Carroll

To kick off our International Women’s Day 2026 spotlight series, we are starting at the top to discuss the vital role of leadership in driving change.

carabills47a77b925b24th February 2026

Testing

The Critical Role of Observability in High‑Throughput Transaction Systems

This blog explores why observability becomes a critical safety mechanism in high-throughput transaction systems, where failures propagate faster than teams can manually respond.

carabills47a77b925b13th February 2026

Strategy

Beyond the Code: Re-Examining What It Means to Be ‘Techie’

In this blog, Nina shares why human skills like empathy, storytelling, and strategy are the real technical drivers of successful digital transformation and technology adoption.

carabills47a77b925b11th February 2026

AI News and updates Tips

Beyond the Hype: Helping Businesses Turn AI Experimentation into Real Impact

By Matt Carroll, CEO, and Nigel Garner, CTO, Nimble Approach AI - and generative AI more specifically - has dominated headlines for nearly two years. Yet for many…

nimbleapproach20163rd February 2026

AI Testing

How Do You Test AI Systems?

This blog provides a high-level, non-technical overview of how we at Nimble Approach approach testing and quality assurance (QA) for AI-enabled software systems

carabills47a77b925b30th January 2026

Products and Services

Nimble’s Top Product Picks for 2026

We believe that great technology shouldn’t just function - it should feel intuitive and effortless. Our Product and Design team recently sat down to dissect the digital experiences…

carabills47a77b925b23rd January 2026

Data

From Excel Exports to Trusted Insight: SP Electricity North West’s Data Transformation Journey

Discover how SP Electricity North West transformed its reporting from spreadsheets to trusted, automated insights by centralising data, improving governance, and driving dashboard adoption.

carabills47a77b925b20th January 2026

Inside Nimble News and updates

Nimble Approach Names Matt Carroll Chief Executive Officer

Following over a decade of evolution and growth supporting UK organisations with outcome-led digital delivery, Nimble Approach today announced the appointment of Matt Carroll as Chief Executive Officer,…

carabills47a77b925b20th January 2026

Government Digital Service (GDS) Tech Stack Workshop

AI Data

Reflections from the Government Digital Service (GDS) Local Techstack Workshop

In this blog, Nina shares her reflections from the GDS Local Techstack Workshop on breaking silos, building trust, and enabling interoperable, connected data across local government.

carabills47a77b925b15th January 2026

AI Testing

Why Token Awareness Matters: A Developer’s Hard-Learned Lesson in AI Efficiency

In this post, I break down how an ordinary proof-of-concept spiralled into a 66-million-token incident - and what it taught me about the real costs of modern AI…

carabills47a77b925b16th December 2025

Office workers looking at a computer screen

Amplifier, Not Autopilot: What the DORA AI Findings Really Tell Us

This blog distils the key insights from the latest DORA AI findings and explains what they mean for leaders trying to turn emerging tools into real, sustainable business…

carabills47a77b925b15th December 2025

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Strategy

Two-Speed Transformation: When You Should Go Slow, and When Quick Delivery Wins

This blog explores why effective transformation in government requires moving at two distinct speeds - and how doing so enables a shorter time to value without compromising long-term…

carabills47a77b925b12th December 2025

AI Data

Enhancing AI With Organisational Context: Why Less Is Often More

This blog examines the rapid rise in data generation and storage, why more data isn’t always better for training Large Language Models (LLMs), the importance of data curation…

carabills47a77b925b4th December 2025

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