Post-COVID: re-organising Localism around 3 digital principles
On Tuesday, I keynoted a senior leadership session for Birmingham City Council. The session was for leaders, councillors, and senior executives – about 35 in total – to…
The Invincible Company
Just released in the last few days is the latest book by Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur entitled “The Invincible Company: How to constantly reinvent your organization with…
Community and Public Service Post-COVID
On 17th April I participated in a TechUK panel of people considering the impact COVID-19 is having on local public services, together with the themes that will be…
Living through a digital revolution – what’s next for large established organisations?
Just published at Digital Leaders, Professor Alan Brown has been considering the implications of the current crisis on digital transformation at Large Established Organizations (LEOs). For LEOs the…
From Big Tech Platforms to Digital Utilities
Now published on the Digital Leaders platform, Professor Alan Brown has been considering the implications of the current crisis on digital technology platforms, and some of the lessons…
Public Sector Innovation Conference: Chair’s Blog
By Mark Thompson (pictured) Like ‘digital transformation’, innovation is an over-used and under-examined term. This applies within business generally, but more especially within the public sector, where there are…
Big Data Analytics change modern organisations from within
Organisations implementing big data analytics want to reap many benefits these solutions promise. But what are the hidden costs? Organisations push to implement big data analytics to improve…
Turbocharging localism
Post-election, the government now has headspace to consider some more ambitious policies for the coming few years. How will it wield its power? By devolving it, perhaps? Localism is…
How to survive an industrial revolution
It is sometimes difficult to number revolutions. But some economists would say we’re experiencing the fifth industrial revolution: the Information and Communications version. They call earlier revolutions as:…
Welcome to 2020 and a New Data Privacy Gamechanger
Happy New Year…and welcome to 2020. This is definitely a key year for the Digital Economy and its impact on all of us. The last decade has seen…