We can have more, and better, public services – but we need a new, more radical approach to modernisation
In December 2019, shortly after the Conservative government was elected with a landslide victory, I wrote a piece in Computer Weekly exhorting our new government to make use…
Harnessing the power of data driven design
In this podcast, Exter Expertise talks to Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen. Saeema discusses her work in data-driven design, particularly around products. University of Exeter Business School · Exeter Expertise…
A nice blueprint for a digital team
The other day I was invited to keynote an all-day academy session for Jadu, a leading supplier of platform software for local government. There was a great lineup…
Design and manufacturing: digital technologies and the human in the loop
By Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, Professor of Design Engineering and Innovation and Director of DIGIT Lab Today I take over as Director of the DIGIT Lab, and continue to work…
You can deliver locally configured Public Services… while standardising your back-end
“You can deliver locally configured #PublicServices that will confirm with your #localism agenda, while standardising your back-end” – Mark Thompson delivers an insightful and engaging keynote at Jadu’s…
Learning from Heart FM: A radical blueprint for digital transformation of the UK’s public services
Digital ‘transformation’ of our public services just isn’t happening quickly enough. Costs are rising, living standards are falling, and services continue to be cut. As digital leaders, we…
How is technological advancement affecting who we are as human beings?
On 23 June, I gave a presentation on a panel titled “Subjectivity, subjects, asubjectivation and subjectivation: which relevance for posthumanist studies?”. Now, those interested in the digital economy…
The Digital Leadership Gap in the UK Government’s Digital Strategy
In the past few days, the UK Government has issued its latest strategy for transforming into a digital future focused on accelerating the use of digital technology and data-driven…
Why it’s time to acknowledge your digital transformation debt
All organizations require a management discipline that focuses on setting directions and marshalling the workforce to deliver on a strategy aimed at achieving near-term targets while progressing toward…
The 5 Patterns of Digitization in Large Established Organizations
In recent months I have been getting very frustrated in discussions about digitization and digital transformation. Too often I have been finding that much of the conversation feels…