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mark thompson @markthompson1

Public Digital Infrastructure! Professor in Digital Economy, University of Exeter digitizinggovernment.org

Joined March 2009
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mark thompson@markthompson1
21 Jan 2020
Wow!! Oh, WOW! Government is using its majority to do some real digital transformation! We are being properly led after all! Look at this Localism in the Digital Economy Blll. Way to go, Cabinet Office :-) #digital #Transformation #disruption
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Looking forward to Public Policy Exchange seminar on digital transformation in the NHS, 12 Sept: publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/e… I'll argue 'Transformation' is about reforming the operating model at structural level, not about simply giving 'legacy' government more tech to play with!
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2 Apr 2024
A Tight-Loose Collective Operating Model for Local Government link.medium.com/xpFXHJSftIb

A Tight-Loose Collective Operating Model for Local Government

I’ve been really enjoying the energy around the various discussions that have been happening lately around the need for a structural…

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Just did a short video on how we might be able to modernise public services and drive £billions to the front line. WBG to develop a playbook for how this might be done...? youtube.com/watch?v=8lHAi4YS…

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Looking forward to my talk tomorrow at the LGA standards session lnkd.in/dRH3KFaf I don't claim to be an expert in LG service standards but it's possible to see the woods for the trees...which is the need for radical sectoral reform using digital standards!
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Excited to be here at ICTO2024 Paris looking at augmented intelligence for smarter societies - my keynote tomorrow will be on importance of engaging with all dimensions of human experience - not just the cognitive - if we want to build a AI-enabled world that's worth living in!
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Really looking forward to keynoting TechUK's Local Public Services Innovation Summit 12 June. I only have 15 mins so no time to mess about: we need to talk about replatforming the sector. 'Tis time. techuk.org/what-we-deliver/e…

Local Public Services Innovation Summit 2024

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Higher fees or funding is a false choice! We could re platform the lot and run them all on a single digital spine. Much better services, would save £billions. theguardian.com/education/ar…

Ex-ministers warn UK universities will go bust without higher fees or funding

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors suggest fee rise of £2,000 to £3,500 a year, but others say that is ‘politically impossible’

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Campus Talks: Interview with Mark Thompson, professor of digital economy at the University of Exeter

Academic, practitioner and policy commentator Mark Thompson shares his concern that UK higher education is drifting from its true north of research, teaching and impact in the wake of complex digital...

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"Call that ''transformation? For God's sake!" What's wrong with our universities, and how can tech help? My podcast with Times Higher Ed's Eliza Compton explains... timeshighereducation.com/cam…

Campus Talks: Interview with Mark Thompson, professor of digital economy at the University of Exeter

Academic, practitioner and policy commentator Mark Thompson shares his concern that UK higher education is drifting from its true north of research, teaching and impact in the wake of complex digital...

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@timeshighered
17 Apr 2024
UK universities should tackle managerial bloat and stop shelling out for different versions of the same IT so they can return to their core missions, #THEdigitalUK hears from @markthompson1, who helped overhaul digital infrastructure in the public sector. timeshighereducation.com/new…

Slash wasteful IT spend and invest in academics instead – expert

Former government adviser says a modest cut in operating costs could allow for a doubling of the number of UK academics

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UKAuthority@UKAuthority
26 Mar 2024
Mark Thompson, professor in digital economy at the University of Exeter, takes a fresh look at whether there should be a Government Digital Service for local authorities. ukauthority.com/articles/sho… #localgov #DigitalTransformation @markthompson1

Should councils have a Local Government Digital Service? | UKAuthority

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Do we need a Local Government GDS? medium.com/@markthompson2442…

Even more thoughts on a new Local Government Digital Service

I’ve been reading with interest both James Plunkett’s and Theo Blackwell’s recent blogs advocating the creation of a new L-GDS/Local…

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University of Exeter Business School@UofEBusiness
13 Nov 2023
In the latest #ExeterExpertise podcast, Professor Alan Brown @exeterindex talks to James Herbert, CEO of @bepivotl, about his career to date and the current landscape of technology services businesses. #ThoughtLeadership @DDRC_UK business-school-expertise.ex…

Digital transformation dialogues – episode 1, James Herbert, CEO of Pivotl

Explore the world of software, technology, and data with James Herbert and Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy, as they discuss the current state of technology services businesses on our website.

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Why is our social housing in such a mess? And could tech solve the problem for everyone? exeterindex.org/public-servi…

A huge problem for society - Exeter INDEX

It’s this stark: our precious public services cannot possibly survive for much longer in their current form. Take social housing, for example. The sector is suffering from a ‘perfect storm’ of a...

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Simon Wardley@swardley
8 Aug 2023
X: Any thoughts on building a platform? Me: The reason why you build a platform is to enable an ecosystem. A platform is simply those components (ideally expressed through APIs) that your ecosystem exploits.
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Dave Briggs@davebriggs
30 Jul 2023
Bit of a rant... linkedin.com/pulse/local-dig…

Was the local digital declaration too ambitious?

There have been a few posts flying around the bits of the internet with an interest in digital and technology in local councils recently, reflecting on the local digital declaration, which is now 5...

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What a great day chairing the Impact Council at @we_aredigital yesterday! Super-experienced people giving up their valuable time to share challenges & ideas about improving digital interoperability & accessibility across UK public services...thank you all! Exciting times...
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This is one of the most informative, disquieting, and human accounts of the existential human-technology dilemma I have ever seen. Highly recommend. youtu.be/bk-nQ7HF6k4

Ex-Google Officer Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI! - Mo Gawdat | E252

AI is now cutting an estimated 16,000 US jobs every month and Gen Z...

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