An online notebook
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 enabler of providing a better digital service. Original: https://blogs.hackney.gov.uk/hackit/An-open-data-standard-for-planning-applications
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 into another’s information and workflows. Original: https://medium.com/@SmartLondon/improving-london-wide-planning-data-what-we-found-665de6b27d1a
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: https://datamaturity.esd.org.uk/
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: https://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/can-government-stop-losing-its-mind
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 transformation are not necessarily technical terms. Human behaviour and culture are key. Where terrorists go … Keep reading