by James Plunkett | Mar 5, 2025 | Articles, Book Reviews, Data, Tech and Innovation, Third Edition
James Plunkett reviews Platformland: An anatomy of next-generation public services, by Richard Pope, 2024 Everyone appreciates the power of digital technologies to improve public services. Yet, as the new Government realises, much of that opportunity remains... 
by David Halpern | Feb 17, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Policy Insights, Third Edition
David Halpern, founder of the world’s first behavioural insights unit, says it’s more important than ever that policymakers understand human behaviour Back in the early days of Tony Blair’s newly created Strategy Unit, I invited Danny Kahneman to join us for a... 
by Michael Padfield | Feb 12, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Delivery, The Top Articles of 2025, Third Edition
Michael Padfield explains the benefits of a range of tools that will drive better strategy, greater democracy and improved delivery Ever wondered if there’s a better way of distilling key information than ploughing through hundreds of lengthy documents? Ever... 
by Doug Gurr | Jan 22, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Third Edition
Doug Gurr, newly appointed interim Chair of the UK’s Competition watchdog and Director of the Natural History Museum, warns that the UK is missing out on the fruits of scientific research Deep in the bowels of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in South... 
by Laura Gilbert | Aug 10, 2024 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Delivery, First Edition Sneak Peek
Laura Gilbert, Director of Data Science at 10 Downing Street, reflects on her AI and data science teams’ challenges and achievements I joined the UK government in September 2020, six months into Covid. For nearly a decade, I’d been running a tech startup...
