Strong leadership is vital for digital success. This doesn’t mean having senior people being users of the latest technology, or spending their time creating TikTok videos – but if they do, great!
Digital leadership is more about taking ownership for digital design, data and technology – and seeing it as an opportunity to improve the organisation.
It also means giving permission to staff to innovate and experiment with new ideas, approaches and technologies. Keeping faith with new ways of working even when things get tough, and supporting the whole organisation to change to make the most of the digital opportunity.
“We want to make the internet work for everyone. For that to happen, our public, civic and business leaders need to become digital leaders — not just so that they can manage specifically digital programmes and projects, but so that…
“…people from across the Government Digital Service reflect on the role that digital leaders can have in transformation and the qualities a good digital leader should have.” An archived PDF of this page can be downloaded if the original is…
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Where’s the centre of gravity for conversations about how we can and should be leveraging the digital revolution for the benefit of society through our public services? I think about the flurry of activity when James Plunkett kicked off a debate…
There have been several articles published in various locations over the years about whether some kind of GDS type agency might help local councils get better at digital (by which I mean technology, online experience, and data). It was when…
This quote from an article by the always insightful Jerry Fishenden really stuck out for me: With apologies to the late scientist and author Arthur C Clarke, to those who don’t understand technology, any sufficiently advanced marketing bullshit from snake oil merchants…