Some favourite things from 2014

Here are a few of the things I’ve really enjoyed on the internet in the last 12 months. Some new, some not so new. Hope you find something useful in them! Mobile apps Nuzzel – this does a great job of surfacing all the content that your connections are sharing on social media, with the … Keep reading

What attributes does a shared CDO need?

After a brief hiatus, here’s another post on the idea of the shared chief digital officer. The others are here. So, what does a shared CDO look and sound like? Firstly, perhaps it’s a good idea to say what the shared CDO is not – and that is just a rebranded CIO, or chief information … Keep reading

The Innovators – lessons from the digital revolution

I’ve just finished a rather excellent book, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson. It takes a wonderfully long term view of digital – starting with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace and ending with Larry and Sergei in more recent times. I thoroughly recommend it. At the end is a magnificent concluding chapter, identifying the lessons that … Keep reading

On collaboration

Euan Semple writes: I have always said that the first step to real collaboration, as opposed to just having a shared space to stick your unreadable documents, is having the self awareness, the humility, and the courage to admit that you need help. Too right! Back when I was a local government officer, I used … Keep reading

The shared CDO – putting the team together

So in my last post I discussed the idea of the shared CDO – a chief digital officer who works across a few different organisations to help them transform their services and working practices. One of the first tasks facing a shared CDO would be to get the multidisciplinary team together to make things happen. … Keep reading