An online notebook
An online notebook
As part of the work putting together a Technology Strategy (think IT + digital) for my current employer, I came up with six principles of good technology. The idea is that each of these principles must be met by any…
Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? It’s hard when thinking about the things we do to scratch out a living not to recall Larkin’s words about the manner in which work can dominate our lives.…
Very briefly, West Sussex County Council and FutureGov are hacking the library in Worthing next month. I’ve written a bit about it on the Adur and Worthing Councils digital blog, in case you’re interested.
So, a little while ago I posted about government as a platform, and mentioned three main components that matter, particularly to us at Adur and Worthing with our approach. However, I’ve been involved in various conversations where I’ve been confused…
We are fairly aggressively targeting a platform approach to service design and delivery at Adur and Worthing. Summing this up is the vision statement in our (still developing) strategy is: “To use our expertise and platforms to help the people,…
Interestingly, two related posts from two local government CIO types pop up in my feed reader within a few days of each other. Firstly, Steve Halliday points to the Solihull digital strategy. Then Rich Copley says we really shouldn’t be…
I’m back, BACK, BAAAAAAAAAAACK! Am super-pleased to be able to write that I’m joining Adur and Worthing Councils in April as Head of Digital and Design. It’s a great time to be joining a great organisation, with fresh people in…
My friend and colleague Jason Caplin pointed out today that the LSE have open up the lectures for their undergraduate course on British government and how it all works. It’s a fantastic resource, and great that they have shared this…
The Government Digital Service has released a big list defining the skills needed for transformation. It’s certainly comprehensive. It’s fair to say that it is more a list of skills that people need rather than the details of what goes…
Interesting way of describing things from Methods: