The Digital Podcast: Mark Thompson – Digitalizing Government and Public Sector Organizations
Mark discusses the challenges and opportunities of transforming government and public sector organizations with digital technology. The Digital Podcast explores how different organizations transform the way they create and capture value with digital technology. The podcast is technology- and sector-agnostic and examines both incumbents’ and new startups’ innovative uses of digital technologies. The Digital Podcast […]
Mark Thompson joins Digital Leaders’ Advisory Board
Mark Thompson has joined the advisory board for Digital Leaders. “This is an important time for digital leadership, when understanding the impact of the fast-moving digital economy on organisations, culture, government, and the environment presents one of the very biggest challenges facing our society.” – Mark Thompson Mark has chaired Digital Leaders’ main annual conference […]
FT Longitude Report: Business, reimagined
“There’s no fast route to dealing with this in large heritage organisations,” says Brown. But many leaders are clear: they can’t hold back the more advanced parts of their businesses. Alan Brown, provided some expert commentary to this report, on behalf of DIGIT Lab. Access the report
University of Exeter leads consortium for Dstl’s new Defence Data Research Centre
University of Exeter will lead a consortium announced by the Government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to form the Defence Data Research Centre (DDRC), as part of the newly released Defence AI Strategy and the newly established Defence AI Centre. Awarded through competition and operating under the SERAPIS framework, the DDRC comprises a consortium […]
How Should A Government Be? The New Levers of State Power
We need to fundamentally reorganise how public services are delivered and administered… and we need to use digital technology to help us do that. – Mark Thompson, from Jaideep Prabhu’s new book When the art of government itself is changing, the old political divisions no longer make sense. Join organisation expert Jaideep Prabhu on a […]
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, […]
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
Mark Thompson’s evidence published by the Public Accounts Committee inquiry
Update: The Committee has now published its report, detailing their conclusions and recommendations – in areas such as leadership capability, legacy systems and missed opportunities for transformation. One such conclusion: senior government leaders aren’t equipped with the necessary knowledge and know-how for good decisions and drive digital business change; Mark et al are cited within the […]
Digital Economy eBook published
Alan Brown shares his insights in a lively and engaging read. Digital Economy Dispatches is now available now, get your free eBook! Download for free
Three Alan Turing Institute Fellowships
The next generation of data science and artificial intelligence experts from the University of Exeter have secured prestigious fellowships from The Alan Turing Institute. INDEX is proud of its latest Turing Fellows: Alan Brown, DIGIT Lab Director and Professor in Digital Economy. His research interests include the relationship between technology innovation and business innovation. Zena Wood, Senior Research […]
