Daily note for 18 September 2023
If I had one bit of advice for ‘IT’ people it would be to stop referring to “the business”. It’s just so WEIRD. I newslettered again. Laura Hilliger, Doug Belshaw and Matt Jukes all on the same podcast? 😍 This…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
5 simple rules for organisational leaders to keep in mind about technology
Commenting on James Herbert’s sensible post about approaching AI in local government, I came up with 5 statements of the bleedin’ obvious that all senior people ought to have in their minds whenever technology is being discussed. If something sounds…
Interesting links 8 April 2022
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. Reflections on my time as the Head of Local Digital – May-N Leow This week brings to a close my two and a half years as Head of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit…
Interesting links 25 March 2022
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. Exciting next steps for Local Digital and Cyber – Local Digital Collaboration Unit The Local Digital and Cyber teams are going to be making some exciting changes over the next few months, backed…
Interesting links 18 March 2022
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…
Interesting links 11 March 2022
Things I’ve seen that are worth sharing. The next ten-years of digital government – Scott Colfer For what it’s worth, my instinct is that the NHS might be the place that leads (by doing) the settler phase over the next…
LocalGovDrupal with Kate Hurr and Will Callaghan
LocalGovDrupal is an open source implementation of the classic Drupal content management system hat has been developed by councils for councils, with the help of some funding from MHCLG. It is, by my reckoning, the best example I have seen of open…
Legends of low code panel recording
This Tuesday Nick and I ran the legends of low code panel session, and much fun was had, and great learning shared. I was joined by: Kev Rowe, Croydon Council Craig Barker, Cumbria County Council Clare Evans, Tewkesbury Borough Council…
SensibleTech
I’ve started up a new site recently, which I’ve called SensibleTech. The aim is to share the stuff I’ve learned over the last decade or so of doing digital in public services. I reckon most of the things that are…
A CDO chat with Ben Unsworth
It’s taken a while to record the second CDO Chat video, but today I finally had the joy of an hour of Ben Unsworth‘s virtual company! Ben has done loads in digital government, including stints at the Home Office and with…