by Louis Stockwell | Dec 22, 2020 | Effective Information Sharing and Security, Latest News
Our data journey We’ve come a very long way as a sector; even just a few years ago the focus was very much on ‘how can we be more digital’ (as though digital is the end goal), rather than the understanding of how we treat data as an asset to use in our arsenal. More...
by Louis Stockwell | Nov 26, 2020 | Connected Procurement and Commissioning, Latest News
The need to talk about public spending Over the last decade or so of public sector austerity, the concept of ‘public spending’ has picked up some quite negative connotations. In particular, it has often been misconstrued as something that is inherently bad, and...
by Louis Stockwell | Oct 6, 2020 | Climate Emergency, Connected Procurement and Commissioning, Latest News, Transforming and Innovating Public Services
Learning from iNetwork’s first climate emergency roundtable We are now facing the parallel crises of an ongoing global pandemic, economic recession, and a climate emergency. In the absence of strong national or international leadership on these issues,...
by Louis Stockwell | Sep 27, 2018 | Latest News
The public vote is now open for the fifth Annual iNetwork Innovation Awards 2018. Originally open since until Friday 28th September, technical difficulties during website migration to a more secure server meant some voting links were down for around 48 hours. In the...
by Louis Stockwell | Jan 15, 2018 | Latest News, Leading Practice Examples
A brief disclaimer before reading this article – I am in no way a policy maker or public service practitioner in the Netherlands, I decided to write this blog to share my experiences of Dutch public services during the past six months from my perspective as a resident...