Blog I think we need an “Institute for Digital Public Services” 21 November, 202421 November, 2024 Where’s the centre of gravity for conversations about how we can and should be leveraging the digital revolution for the benefit of society through our public services? I think about the flurry of activity when James Plunkett kicked off a debate a few months ago⬈ about ‘local GDS’ or the more recent excitement caused by the…
Article 5 things for local leaders to know and understand about digital and technology 8 November, 202320 September, 2024 This quote from an article by the always insightful Jerry Fishenden really stuck out for me: With apologies to the late scientist and author Arthur C Clarke, to those who don’t understand technology, any sufficiently advanced marketing bullshit from snake oil merchants peddling their cryptocurrency, NFT, blockchain and Web3 potions is indistinguishable from magic. Computer Weekly, 13…
Blog Was the local digital declaration too ambitious? 8 August, 202320 September, 2024 There have been a few posts flying around the bits of the internet with an interest in digital and technology in local councils recently, reflecting on the local digital declaration, which is now 5 years old. Here’s one from the Local Digital team themselves, Tass’ excellent post about Warwick, another from the nice folk in Stockport, and a good…
Library What makes someone a good digital leader? ...people from across the Government Digital Service reflect on the role that digital leaders can have in transformation and the qualities a good digital leader should have.
Library Digital leadership: changing your whole approach, not just doing better digital projects We want to make the internet work for everyone. For that to happen, our public, civic and business leaders need to become digital leaders — not just so that they can manage specifically digital programmes and projects, but so that they can make sure their entire organisations are relevant and effective in a digital age.
