An online notebook
Props to Doug for pointing out this free course called Mastering Systems Thinking. Am giving it a go! Stockport Council published Towards a digital solution to reduce delays in transferring patients to social care. Hurrah for Adele Gilpin and the West Northants digital folk for working in the open on their new blog! Dan Hon … Keep reading
Sent out a newsletter yesterday. It features some notes on building network of digital enthusiasts in your organisation. The innovation igloo about service patterns was fun today. We talked about service patterns and referenced the Essex/FutureGov work, the GDS Verify-inspired work, and something I have been noodling on myself recently. The next one is in … Keep reading
I visited Newark and Sherwood Council, just over the Nottinghamshire border, on Monday, to give a talk to their digital champions network. I borrowed the ‘5 digital things everyone needs to know about’ frame for the talk from my Digital Essentials e-learning course, and it seemed to work as a 40 odd minute talk (although … Keep reading
A new Wilco album! Ace. I newslettered: “Mark [Thompson]’s rallying call around this stuff – that digital age operating models that make use of what computers are good at, and what the private sector is good at, in order to free up public servants to do what they are good at – feels increasingly like … Keep reading
Rather terrifyingly, I was invited to chat on this podcast, which came out yesterday, on all things local government, technology and digital. Nice practical tips on Outlook etiquette from top localgov blogger Tass. Two great jobs at City of Lincoln Council, joining a team that’s really going places under the awesome leadership of Emily Kate … Keep reading