The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship in a Digitally Disrupted World

One of the clear consequences of digital disruption is the rapid pace of change in the tech industry. New ideas emerge, are explored, and transformed in weeks. New companies are born, scale rapidly, and morph into existing commercial entities. This has many positive aspects…but also creates some huge pressures. The case of Autonomy’s purchase by […]

The Battle for “Digital” at the Heart of UK Government

The brave and inspired comments by Tom Loosemore at the Science and Technology Committee on their inquiry into digital government this week remind us that there is a battle raging over the future of digital transformation at the heart of the UK government. https://government.diginomica.com/2018/11/27/tom-loosemore-reminds-us-just-how-much-digital-government-is-flailing-in-the-uk/ As clearly described by Loosemore, what started off as a small, […]

The Impact of Lowering the Price of Prediction

What happens when the price of prediction falls through the floor? Old problems that were cast as computational problems become recast as predictive problems. Consider what happens when you drive a modern car and press the brake pedal. It is not about compressing hydraulic fluid through a pipe to push a piece of metal against […]

It’s All About Execution

A good idea is just a good idea. It only becomes useful when you do something with it. So execution is everything. That’s the mantra taken up by many recently, including the Mike Bracken-led government digital teams with their “Strategy is Delivery” bent. This message was brought home to me when I read today’s Guardian […]