Golden Marzipan: the 5 great shifts driving digital transformation
18 February, 8–9 am Alan Brown, was a guest speaker at a Golden Marzipan Breakfast Briefing event. Alan has provided a discussion of these 5 Great Shifts in a recent blog post: Digital Economy Dispatch #071 The unprecedented events of the past two years have increased the pressure on organisations to accelerate the delivery of their […]
Establishing the Core Principles of Servitisation beyond Manufacturing
Introduction from a paper by Zena Wood and Phil Godsiff Servitisation is commonly considered a concept that only exists in the manufacturing sector. However, if the UK is to be an international leader in the adoption of servitisation business models, other sectors must be considered. Even in the early stages of the research field, it […]
Digital Jersey: Annual Review

Tuesday 15 February 2022 Alan Brown leads a panel, in Jersey’s largest cinema to a crowd of c. 300! Join us at Cineworld on Tuesday 15th February for our Annual Review event 2021, where Digital Jersey CEO Tony Moretta and colleagues with guests, look back at Digital Jersey’s 2021 performance and share plans for the […]
Harvard Business Review: Driving Digital Adoption for a Competitive Edge
Download report as PDF Includes thoughts and analysis from Alan Brown Now more than ever before, expectations of consumer-grade experiences in the workplace are challenging companies to prioritize the needs and preferences of employees – or face dire consequences, from high attrition rates to poor productivity. Most workers expect the same ease of use, functionality, […]
Amazon Business: Spend Your Time Right

Roger Maull interviewed by Molly Dobson (Amazon Business UK & Ireland) A digital series where Amazon Business UK & Ireland General Manager Molly Dobson speaks to experts from different fields on a universal topic – the concept of time: its importance, its management, the challenges it throws up, how to save it, and how to […]
Digital Leaders: 4th Public Sector Innovation Conference

8 March 2022 Mark Thompson chairs, Alan Brown is a panellist The pandemic has impacted public sector services massively. Positively, it has accelerated digital transformation across central and local government as well as the NHS and blue light services. This rapid move towards digital-first has seen rapid growth in the use of Cloud and APIs […]
Chief Architect at Digital.ai interviewed by Alan Brown
Alan Brown conducts an interview with Dan Berg, Chief Architect at Digital.ai, to speak on building the foundation for digital transformation, and how other organizations can benefit from an integrated experience. Read the interview on Digital.ai website
Serious Games – help us with our research!
One of our DEAS researchers, Soheeb Khan, has been working with a number of companies developing serious games to help their staff and customers better understand how improvements could be made, and what could be the impact of innovative digital technologies on their business. He would like as many people as possible to play these […]
John Bessant interviews Alan Brown

Reposted from John Bessant’s website. The challenge of digital innovation is everywhere. It’s hard to escape the talk of ‘revolutionary impact’ or ‘digital disruption’ or the need for new strategies to cope with ‘digital transformation’. But what’s really going on, where are the big questions we should be addressing and how might this affect our […]
The Next Step in Jersey’s Digital Transformation
This is a short article I wrote recently for Digital Jersey, the government-backed economic development agency and industry association dedicated to the growth of Jersey’s digital sector. It was published in the Jersey Evening Post on 29 December 2021. Today more than ever, digital technology is having an increasing impact on all our lives. In […]