It is probably a familiar experience to many that when you walk into a room full of internal auditors, it is with a little bit of apprehension and perhaps even a modicum of fear. Today I had a curious experience where I addressed a room full of members of the Institute of Internal Auditors and […]
We’ve been working on refining the culture mapping tool developed by Dave Gray and now also in conjunction with Alex Osterwalder, you know, the business model canvas guy. We’ve been beta testing our own process of deploying the tool with live customers and the results have been nothing short of spectacular including: Identifying opportunities for […]
On the occasion of International Open Data Day 2015, the first meeting of Open Data Wales took place. This is the first time that a group has gathered in Wales with the intention of driving the Open Data agenda forward. Here is a quick run down of what we found, what we think we need […]
I’m not sure when Matt (@mattdesmier) gets a chance to sleep, let alone answer interview questions – he is director at Wise Old Uncle and Think Create Do based in Poole and also founded Silicon Beach – which started as an annual event gathering together the cream of the UK’s digital and creative sector in Bournemouth to share their expertise and latest […]
I met Matt Jukes on the internet first. Around the time that we were planning on launching GovCampCymru in Wales, this incredibly kind, enthusiastic, and encouraging character (@jukesie) popped up on the twitter streams. His remote efforts landed us a logo and the kind of momentum that is the difference between ‘we think this could […]
Join us for this one day workshop introducing culture hacking in the public sector. 30th January 2015, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller What is it? Join Esko Reinikainen and Jo Carter of […]
Last week I experienced a very interesting perspective shift. Of all the places it happened when we spent some time with the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors at their combined Wales and South West regional meeting. The theme of the meeting was to explore the interplay between the audit and human resources functions. When we […]
As I sit in the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I thought it most appropriate to launch our new series on hackers. From here at MIT, unarguably the home of hackerdom, I should explain that this series of interviews is in part motivated by our wish to reclaim the term ‘hacker’ from the image […]
The Snowden revelations have shown us how our everyday communication is monitored and all our online activities are tracked. It’s time to find out how to protect our online communication and maintain our right to privacy. We’ve been working with the Open Rights Group and Dr Arne Hintz from Cardiff University to bring a Cryptoparty […]
A few months ago, listening to BBC Radio 4, I heard a government minister use a word, or one of its derivatives, well over 48 times in a four minute segment. Well, I only started counting after I had heard it half a dozen times and I stopped counting at 48, but the barrage continued. […]