Perform Green

“It Depends” a response to Ben Holliday

I have a lot of time for the folks at Futuregov, and when I see a Tweet or blog post from them I’m usually smiling, nodding and sharing it to spread the word. Their brand of irreverence, ambition based on technical competence, and deep empathy for the people…

Local Government as a Platform — beyond “delivering services digitally”

Between 2014–15 the “Government as a Platform” (GaaP) concept — what it is and how we create it — was the subject of a lot of Twitter traffic and generated blog posts from a number of people in the local…

Changing the local government technology market

Technology is the answer…but what was the question?

It is always worthwhile heading back to Cedric Price’s famous quote when thinking about building smart societies and what cities are striving to achieve in this space. Huawei UK announced last week that Bristol has become the UK’s leading…

Becoming a Fearless Leader: Taking control and building happy, high-performing teams