DavePress
A blog about technology, culture and the bits in between, with a focus on government and public services. Written and curated by Dave Briggs, founder and director of Kind of Digital. Find out more.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.Stay updated!
Category Archives: innovation
Open by default
Catherine Howe on the need for the organisations delivering public services to be open ones: I have an underlying belief, and often unstated, belief that there is need to look at how we transition large organisations within the public sector … Continue reading
Consumer IT Resets the Baseline for Corporate IT
Good stuff from Michael Coté: In moving to a BigCo job you quickly notice how different life behind the firewall is when it comes to IT. You’re often more limited than empowered. The advances in consumer IT (things like Facebook … Continue reading
Skunkworks videos
Today I came across two useful videos featuring Mark O’Neil – a CIO in central government and the guy that heads up the government skunkworks – talking about his work. They can be found via the UKauthorITy site: Skunkworks: How … Continue reading
Scaling up public sector innovation
A few months ago I was interviewed by some very nice civil servants from BIS and CLG about how central government could help support and scale innovation in local public services. I can’t remember much of what I said, but … Continue reading
Ken Eastwood on LocalGovCamp
Barnsley Council, and Public Sector Nomads’ Ken Eastwood has written a lovely, and important, blog post about his experience of LocalGovCamp: The 200 or so attendees again demonstrated that there is genuine talent within the sector and an interest in … Continue reading
