In defence of SMEs
The other day, I wrote a piece in Government Computing arguing that some of the recent coverage about teething troubles with service provision by SMEs at DECC and BIS were the inevitable outcome of...
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Making sense of BIS, DECC, and the SMEs
In this blog I argue that just because quitting its addiction to vertical integration is difficult for government, doesn’t mean that – like any addict – it doesn’t need to quit. As in any addictive...
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Time for some Digital Hard Talk
There may be a long-term, thought-out vision for digital public services in the UK – but if so, I missed it. In this article, ‘Where is the long-term political vision for digital public services?’, I...
View ArticleDigital Business Models: What’s in it for you?
There seems to be something in the air: ‘digital’ seems to be everywhere in the business world, and yet at the same time many people aren’t really aware of what it means. ‘Digital’ doesn’t just mean...
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Digital business models: What’s in it for public services?
In this blog, I consider the specific implications for public services of more widespread adoption of digital business models, building on my blog in August. In fact, I’m working on a more radical...
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Government must be a platform entrepreneur to deliver Digital 2.0
In this article I look at UK ‘digital’ initiatives during the past few years, arguing that the predominant emphasis on online access needs replacing with one on transitioning the business model of...
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Thoughts for GDS SPRINT15 event
Here are some of the thoughts I shared with the Government Digital Service Sprint 15 audience on 3 February. I had been asked to comment on what we who work in the public sector can learn from looking...
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Digitizing Government
We have a book! Seems to be selling well – and I think is the only policy & practitioner book of its kind at the moment… A (free) summary of the book can be downloaded from Computer Weekly here:
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Digital REVOLUTION
Gave the closing keynote at today’s TechUK 2030 Conference. See link below for my slides: TechUK 2030 Final[1] Please also see this:
View ArticleNHS Jobs: the answer to the agency nurse problem?
NHS Jobs is the most proven, mature example of ‘government-as-a-platform‘ in the UK. It’s a seamless, online recruitment brokerage that has saved the NHS over £1bn in 10 years, and provides a popular...
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