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 […]
Many of my friends wondered why on earth we decided to organise and facilitate the first GovCamp in Wales last month – an unconference for people working in or with government who want to make a difference looking at how technology, new thinking and public services can improve society. They thought we were setting ourselves […]
When I first met Matthew Partovi I think there was a mutual troublemaker recognition admiration thing going on. The kind where you identify a mischief maker and recognise that the motivation behind the mischief is to push the boundaries of what currently exists so we can get to where we need to go. Matthew was […]
As a budget manager, you have a pile of cash to spend within 12 months. The end of the year is approaching and in the back of your mind you know that the £20,000 still sloshing around from underspend will be worth £20,000 on 31 March, yet when you wake up on 1 April, […]
Traditionally funding works whereby an organisation, often a Council or other government body, puts together a bid to a funding body. The funding body will look at the sketch of a plan to decide whether it will fund further research into the initial idea, often called phase 1 or stage 1 funding. From this, the […]
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 […]
Here is a taster of what Ben at Delib has to say about 1/3 of The Satori Lab For the latest in our ‘Digital Heroes’ series, a quick chat with people doing interesting digital work in and around government, I thought it was about time to introduce you to a man who you’re probably already aware of, […]
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. […]