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. […]
The AI revolution: five key trends impacting our lives and careers
Alan Brown discusses the implications of AI technology such as ChatGPTand presents the key trends that are changing the way we live and work. Originally posted on the Exeter Expertise website
Emerging Hybrid Technologies, Territorial Disputes and Innovation: Insights from Implementing Emerging Hybrid Technologies
Stavros Polykarpou discusses the lessons learned from the introduction of 3D printing at a UK hospital. 3D Printing in Healthcare 3D printing has gained much attention in the medical world over the last few years, thanks to its ability to improve patient anatomy visualisation and surgical outcomes. From creating anatomical models to prosthetics, it yields […]
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 […]
The Key Role of Digital Transformation in the Survival of Ukraine
Imagine that you are given a few minutes to evacuate from your home. Without prior warning, you are forced to make the choice of what to take with you and what to leave behind. It’s a nightmare scenario that we hope we never have to face. But, for many in Ukraine, it became a reality […]
Lowering the Frustration in Your Digital Transformation
I’m getting annoyed. Properly upset. I can’t seem to get anything done. And I am not alone. These days, I find the overwhelming sensation – from many people I talk to about delivering digital transformation – is frustration. All the new digital technologies and practices in the world will not make a difference if we […]
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 of its precious majority to embark on an ambitious modernisation of our public services. Whilst subsequent events – some unavoidable, others politically manufactured – have undoubtedly intervened […]
