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 […]
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 – Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen – Data Driven Design Originally posted on the Exeter Expertise blog
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 of speakers, as usual – but something caught my eye that day that I thought deserves sharing more broadly. It’s this: So why do I like it? […]
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 with Alan Brown as Deputy Director, effectively reversing our roles and continuing to work together, also with the wider team. It was wonderful to be invited to […]
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 Academy in Birmingham.
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 simply must do better! In this talk, I will argue that the reason we are falling behind is that we focus on technology, one service at a […]
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 might rightly ask themselves what on earth this has to do with technology, and this would be a fair question. In the broadest of all terms, the […]
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 decision-making in the public sector. It is a well-meaning and welcome document that sets out a common cross-government approach for 2025. The centrepiece of the strategy is […]
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 longer-term objectives. While the theory and practice of management are replete with approaches for leading and managing organizations at all stages in their life-cycle, for most of […]
