Data, Government Innovation, Tech Policy
On 25 April I joined representatives from several European cities at a workshop in Helsinki to discuss the thorny issue of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, hosted by the city’s Chief Digital Officer, Mikko Rusama. In keeping with much recent debate on this topic, our discussion focused on how cities (and particularly their public sector organisations) can […]
In this video, filmed as part of the Nesta Sparks series, I introduce the core ideas behind public sector data analytics and set out Nesta’s four-step method.
Data, Government Innovation, Tech Policy
Of all the recent new technologies thought to have promise for the public sector, few have captured attention as much as Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s not hard to see why. AI can do things that public sector organisations really care about and need. Analysing case notes to determine an individual’s future likelihood of needing certain […]
Data, Government Innovation, Tech Policy
This article first appeared in the The Times Raconteur Public Sector Technology Report. Being a public sector leader has never been an easy brief. But the last decade has surely tested even the toughest in the industry. With spiralling demand for services, rising expectations and significantly diminished budgets, leaders have faced a constant battle to […]
Below is the text of my speech (first in French, then in English) for the INNOVA’TER conference in Paris on 25 September 2018. On m’a demandé de me concentrer sur deux questions aujourd’hui : « Pourquoi I’innovation publique? » et « À quelles problématiques I’innovation doit-elle répondre? » La réponse à la première question est simple […]
“Why can’t governments and public sector organisations just be more like the private sector?” This is a common question in the field of government innovation, and on the face of it it seems reasonable enough. After all, companies adopt new technologies to reshape and upheave entire industries. In recent memory, Amazon reinvented e-commerce; Facebook, the […]