đź“… Daily Note: December 2, 2025

Gavin Beckett – Harnessing the changing landscape of local government to create internet era organisations: Effective responses to complex, long-standing social challenges need to be co-designed and co-produced with people and community organisations that grow from the ground up. Modern…

LINK: “Smart London Camp 2018”

Yesterday [Rob Miller] joined a large group of people whose idea of the best way to spend a beautiful sunny Saturday was to gather together in London’s City Hall and discuss ideas for ways that London can get the most…

What I’ve been reading

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Tales of the city: the rise of the local blog – "In its daily blogposts, Spitalfields Life aims to portray the full colour of life in London's East End. But…

CityCamp London

Dominic and his team at FutureGov did a fabulous job of running CityCamp London this weekend. Sadly I could only make Friday afternoon’s ‘stimulate’ session, which saw a roomful of people at the RSA get together to listen to some…

Learning Pool on tour in September

September is promising to be a busy month already, with Learning Pool having scheduled in some exciting events for you to come along to. Firstly, Elaine from our Modern Governor service is hosting a breakfast meeting in Birmingham. Find out…

LocalGovCamp London is on!

We’ll keep it *very* local so as to not get confused with UKGC10. This will be an all-day event on (or around) 25 Feb in partnership with IDeA. Venue will be Central London. Exact date and location tbc. Themes will…