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 […]
Here’s a taster of what Nicola from So Mo has to say about 1/2 of The Satori Lab. Meet Esko Reinikainen: heretic, hero & Shakespear’s fool ! I invited Esko to deliver a session at the ‘Digital Maze’, an event So-mo ran at the International Festival of Business back in 2014. I loved what he […]
A Tale of a Gov Whisperer, Guerrilla User Research and a Free Tool Kit We recently attended the second incarnation of the Service Design in Government Conference facilitated by the good people at Software Acumen. So how did the conversation differ from the first event in 2014? There was more focus on policy level decision making […]
I went to a workshop last week to find out about Holacracy. Everyone I’ve since spoken to about it had never heard of it, but were intrigued to find out more. So what is Holacracy? Fundamentally, it is a way of structuring an organisation which replicates the way people interact in a city. In a […]
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 […]
By Lene Rachel Andersen, University of Southern Denmark and Steen Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark Throughout history, whenever new technologies have emerged that change our means of production and ability to communicate they have tended to transform society. The rapid technological development of the past century – in biotechnology, information technology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence […]
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 read Dave Gray’s fascinating slide deck recently describing how organisations go through a period of growth as a new start-up when they’re hot, agile and chaotic – and some fail. If they manage to get through this and they get all their ducks in a row, they enter a blissful period of peak fitness. […]
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 […]