Lowering the Frustration in Your Digital Transformation
In times of uncertainty, the most effective approach is to take action and learn as quickly as possible by building momentum and guiding the path forward. In times of massive uncertainty, momentum trumps more data.
Harnessing the power of data driven design
In this podcast, Exter Expertise talks to our Director, Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen. Saeema discusses her work in data-driven design, particularly around products. University of Exeter Business School · Exeter Expertise – Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen – Data Driven Design Originally posted on the Exeter Expertise blog
We can have more, and better, public services – but we need a new, more radical approach to modernisation
By Prof. Mark Thompson In December 2019, shortly after the Conservative government was elected with a landslide victory, I wrote a piece in Computer Weekly exhorting our new government to make use of its precious majority to embark on an ambitious modernisation of our public services. Whilst subsequent events – some unavoidable, others politically manufactured […]
A nice blueprint for a digital team
By Mark Thompson The other day I was invited to keynote an all-day academy session for Jadu, a leading supplier of platform software for local government. There was a great lineup of speakers, as usual – but something caught my eye that day that I thought deserves sharing more broadly. It’s this: So why do I like it? […]
Design and manufacturing: digital technologies and the human in the loop
By Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, Professor of Design Engineering and Innovation and Director of DIGIT Lab Today I take over as Director of the DIGIT Lab, and continue to work with Alan Brown as Deputy Director, effectively reversing our roles and continuing to work together, also with the wider team. It was wonderful to be invited to […]
You can deliver locally configured Public Services… while standardising your back-end
“You can deliver locally configured Public Services that will conform with your localism agenda, while standardising your back-end” – Mark Thompson delivers an insightful and engaging keynote at Jadu’s Academy in Birmingham.
How is technological advancement affecting who we are as human beings?
By Mark Thompson On 23 June, I gave a presentation on a panel titled “Subjectivity, subjects, asubjectivation and subjectivation: which relevance for posthumanist studies?”. Now, those interested in the digital economy might rightly ask themselves what on earth this has to do with technology, and this would be a fair question. In the broadest of all terms, […]
Technostress holds back digital transformation. Can growth mindset fix this?
By Dimitrios Batolas New technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and many others, have sparked considerable interest – from both researchers and practitioners. These technologies have implications not only for organisations but also for the society, economy, and the environment. This was further accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
The Digital Leadership Gap in the UK Government’s Digital Strategy
In the past few days, the UK Government has issued its latest strategy for transforming into a digital future focused on accelerating the use of digital technology and data-driven decision-making in the public sector. It is a well-meaning and welcome document that sets out a common cross-government approach for 2025.
Quick recap: BT’s Tommy Flowers Network Conference
This brought together a range of experienced speakers for short, inspiring talks and panel discussions on the key themes we’re facing as we address the challenges of our digitally disrupted environment.
