by Emily Connolly | Oct 12, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Emily Connolly, Deputy Director for Technology Insights, Futures and Foresight, introduces the new AI Scenarios 2030 and how civil servants can use them I celebrated an important milestone this summer. Ten terrific years working in technology futures for the...
by Tim Dickson | Oct 1, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Tim Dickson talks to CEO Hetti Barkworth-Nanton about next steps for the MOD’s technology transfer unit Technology transfer, you could argue, began with Isaiah. In a much-quoted (and oft-misquoted) passage from the Bible, written about eight centuries before the birth...
by Catherine Taylor | Aug 20, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Eighth Edition, Featured article, Policy Insights
Catherine Taylor shares lessons on gauging citizens’ opinions at a two-day workshop As a nation, we conduct extensive opinion polling. Polling by government departments and organisations, such as YouGov and the National Centre for Social Research, provides a rich...
by Michael Padfield | Aug 6, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Eighth Edition, Featured article, Policy Insights
Michael Padfield says the Civil Service must undertake transformation, not passively undergo it A friend turning up to court with an AI assistant instead of a lawyer; a father trusting a chatbot over his family doctor; a mother confiding to an algorithm, not a...
by Sir Rich Knighton | Aug 4, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Eighth Edition, Featured article
Sir Rich Knighton, Chief of the Defence Staff, on the next-generation battlefields The way humans fight has changed dramatically through history, driven by emerging new technology and war itself. With the rate of change in technology now faster than at any other time...