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Hospital IT and reputation

Originally posted on the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School website (2019). A study co-authored by INDEX’s Stavros Polykarpou and Michael Barrett of Cambridge Judge Business School focuses on the ongoing and potentially fickle relationship between hospital IT investment and the hospital’s reputation. Owing to institutional pressures including funding and organisational constraints, healthcare practitioners have […]

Technology and turf

Originally posted on the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School website (2018). 3D printing holds great potential for hospitals, but a study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School cautions that such tech advances also risk tensions through workplace “boundary” disputes. Three-dimensional printing, in which computers are used to layer or otherwise bond materials to create […]

The Yellow Brick Road to Research Impact

Desirable impact in research is a complex picture. Impact, by definition, implies resultant change; we strive for the change we wish to see, but the ripple effects of that change can be manifold. As we embark on mapping out a pathway to impact through our research, a process which ought to be a forethought, there […]

How to empower women to pursue STEM careers

Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen explores the barriers preventing women from entering the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and looks at what can be done to encourage more women to pursue STEM education and careers, emphasizing the need for diversity in teams to drive innovation and tackle societal issues. What are the barriers preventing […]

Big tech’s search for digital renewal in 2023

After a wave of optimism on digital transformation, there are challenges ahead in 2023. Alan Brown is a member of the BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group (where this piece was originally posted), and takes a look ahead. It’s always fun to look ahead at the start of a New Year to imagine what we’ll encounter. […]

Podcast: Why the public sector urgently needs to embrace society’s digital transformation

Mark Thompson discusses how the public sector can be more effective and efficient by seizing the opportunities of digitalisation. University of Exeter Business School · Exeter Expertise – Why the public sector urgently needs to embrace society’s digital transformation Why the UK’s public sector is lagging behind other industries and countries with digital transformation, what an […]

Why ChatGPT is an important wake-up call in your digital transformation

Originally posted on 11 December 2022, in Alan Brown’s Digital Economy Dispatches. There are many important lessons we can take away from studying the digital transformation journeys being pursued by companies today. Perhaps none is more important than the recognition that progress toward a more digital way of working cannot be defined and measured as […]

The Creativity Diamond

By Ji Han, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter A framework that considers both divergent and convergent thinking is needed to better support creativity. The term creativity is loosely used in society, to describe a wide range of outcomes ranging from ways of playing, dancing, painting, and making music to exploring and experimenting in […]