An online notebook
An online notebook
Redesigning the DDaT Capability Framework. Can data help me solve this problem? Dorset Council claims progress with roll out of digital social care records. “Elon Musk: Social media platform X could go behind paywall” Shoulda woulda coulda. People need to…
“It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy” – somewhat concerning. Love this, eccentric bringing back to life of ancient, almost useless technology. Beautiful. Lovely reflections from Tim Davies, someone I don’t speak to…
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. The Policymaking / DDAT Divide – Jerry Fishenden Despite politicians’ grand ambitions for DDaT since at least 1996, it’s had relatively little impact on radical government renewal and reform. Yet the political ambition…
Following on from the workshop I ran with LGiU last week on digital for leaders (which went very well, thank you for asking), I shared a few bits with the delegates – further reading, if you will. Part of that…
I had enormous fun last week chatting with Ben Proctor from Data Orchard about the concept of data maturity in organisations. Data Orchard have identified 5 stages of data maturity, each of which describe the extent to which an organisation uses data to improve…
We’re working to find out what a digital planning application service would look like if it were “so good, people prefer to use it”. However, one of the early things we learnt was that high quality data is the key…
There are bigger issues at work: software that does not reflect the needs of its users, a Planning Portal that does not collect as much data in a useful form as it could, and teams who might benefit from tapping…
This tool is designed to help you make an honest assessment of how advanced your organisation is at dealing with data. You can compare your assessment with others from your own organisation, and from around the country. Original:
Can government remember? Is it condemned to repeat mistakes? Or does it remember too much and so see too many reasons why anything new is bound to fail? Original:
Here’s five dollops of interestingness I’ve spotted this week: There’s a few interesting digital (and non-digital, for that matter) jobs going at London City Hall. Digital Transformation: Why Tech Alone Won’t Cut It – a useful reminder that digital and…