An online notebook
A fairly quick thought this, but one than keeps occurring to me. It feels like a self evident truth that the technology an organisation uses should follow that organisation’s purpose, and not the other way around, but I wonder how often that is actually the case? I’d argue that for many organisations, with legacy infrastructure … Keep reading
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 about how other people define platform thinking, which I think goes to the root of … Keep reading
There’s so much I want to blog about at the moment, but pretty much no time to do it. However, here’s a nice little thing we’re working on that might be of interest. Performance management is one of those things that strikes fear into the heart of any public sector worker. Somehow, we’ve ended up … Keep reading
The end of my second week at Adur and Worthing and it has been relentless. I’m loving it, but feeling the need to come up for air – you may perhaps have noticed I’ve been quiet on this blog and Twitter of late. One of the big things that attracted me to this particular role … Keep reading
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 writing digital strategies. Oh dear! Who’s right? Both are. Some organisations need a digital strategy. … Keep reading