These are the times of social care. It is one of our main topics of conversation. With an ageing population, a growing dispersal of the family and the continuing downward pressure on finance it is an issue that is going to run and run. The proportion of the elderly is getting greater and greater. By … Continue reading Social care
Skills skills skills
Digital skills is an interesting issue. There is definitely some sort of problem yet it is difficult to define. It is a subject that certainly got the juices flowing at our latest Socitm meeting. We followed our usual format starting off with an industry view from John at Amazon Web Services. This was followed by … Continue reading Skills skills skills
The public cause
The public cause takes priority over individual needs according to Lieutenant D’Agosto of the New York Police Homicide Division. Okay, so he is a made up character from the Prendergast series by Preston and Child but is he really speaking the truth? Life is complicated, at one end lies totalitarianism and at the other liberalism. … Continue reading The public cause
A nod to the clouds
I suppose it's been quite a day. There was no fanfare nor a round of applause but sometimes the big things happen without any razzmatazz. They just happen. I'll start by saying that this was the best ever strategic ICT Group I have been a part of. Not that the bar for that is very high. … Continue reading A nod to the clouds
Hacking for our people
I like working with Waterstons. I would have said I love working with them but my father in law used to say you can only love people not things. May he rest in peace. He is still remembered. I could say I love working with the people of Waterstons. Vic would be happy with that. … Continue reading Hacking for our people
Describing the amorphous
Our processes support the definite. They struggle with the more amorphous. It is difficult to use our processes to conceptualise. This always catches me out. I am a person who likes to do his thinking in public. I like to come to meetings with half-baked ideas. I want to use the discussions to help shape … Continue reading Describing the amorphous
Far from Home Counties
I can’t remember the last time I ever was in Gerrards Cross. To be honest I am not sure I have ever been there but I used to live in Oxford which is not more than a stone’s throw away and so I would be surprised if I hadn’t. Anyway, it didn’t ring a bell … Continue reading Far from Home Counties
People’s differences and evolution
Can everything be explained by evolution? It is a subject that has fascinated me ever since my formative years as a young and fresh faced zoology undergraduate. Not that my degree has ever really been put into practice but it is something I think about a lot. Evolution is something that is widely appreciated yet, … Continue reading People’s differences and evolution
Gold event
How difficult are simulations? Very! They never seem to really reflect reality but then I don’t think that is the point. I know this now having been involved in a cyber-simulation predicated on a sustained and organised attack on the ICT systems of a number of the Local Resilience Forum partners. It was held at the … Continue reading Gold event
TechArt
It is funny where life takes you if you let it. It is filled with little nooks and crannies down which you can wander. Inquisitiveness can be a blessing and a curse however. There is always something interesting to discover but there is never enough time to chase it all. My latest rich seam to … Continue reading TechArt
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 