Jul 24, 2020#LocalDigital2Years — Placecube’s support for the Local Digital DeclarationA personal journey from council officer to supplier, via the MHCLG Local Digital teamLocalgovdigital4 min readLocalgovdigital4 min read
Apr 25, 2019How can open standards and reusable cubes help solve problems for local places?Let’s look at the value of creating a product as a standards-based cube. …Government3 min readGovernment3 min read
Apr 18, 2019Why do we need a new approach to digital?People who know local government often say that a standardised solution will never work, because councils have all created slightly different versions of the processes and organisation structures that support the delivery of what look like identical services on the first glance. But this needs to change if we are…Government4 min readGovernment4 min read
Jan 25, 2019From LocalGovCamp 2018 to UKGovCamp 2019…I’m so late publishing my reflections on LocalGovCamp 2018 that it’s now possible to make it an article about UKGovCamp 2019 and my experiences across the two events 😁 LocalGovCamp 2018 – my tribe is growing up Back in 2014, Catherine Howe shared her seven (now 9) tribes model at my first LocalGovCamp. Coming back to Birmingham in…Government7 min readGovernment7 min read
Jan 24, 2019Placecube’s Digital Place – Building an ecosystem of digital services based on common service patternsIn my career to date, leading digital for Bristol City Council, and then working with the MHCLG Local Digital team on the Declaration, several things have become clear to me. Our services and the whole business model of local government need to be designed afresh, based on an understanding of…Government4 min readGovernment4 min read
Dec 3, 2018What’s Next? Chapter Three…I’ve just joined Placecube– a digital product and services company with a mission to do the right thing. …5 min read5 min read
Published inPerform Green·Nov 26, 2018A new digital architecture for councils of the futureI’ve been fortunate to speak with a lot of councils during 2018 in my work with the new Local Digital Collaboration team in the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG). …Government6 min readGovernment6 min read
Nov 19, 2018Smart City Expo World Congress 2018 — why is the UK absent from this global marketplace?Walking around the Smart City Expo floor last week, surrounded by pulsing lights and sound from vast booths populated by countries and cities from around the world, I am constantly aware of an absence… where is the UK? Where are the cities and regions that are doing so much to…Smart Cities4 min readSmart Cities4 min read
Sep 3, 2018This is #MyOneTeamGovIn October 2017 I left Local Government after nearly 21 years building my career in Bristol City Council. I loved working for the council — Bristol was my home town, I was born and brought up there, and I’d chosen to move back after six years away at university. Working…Government4 min readGovernment4 min read
Jul 4, 2018Launching the Local Digital DeclarationOver the past year I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of supporting Paul Maltby and his newly created Digital Directorate in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government as they work to establish a new role for the centre, focused on co-producing a shared vision of great digitally inspired…Localdigital2 min readLocaldigital2 min read
