As we mark the first anniversary of Foundry, it’s a perfect time to reflect on our journey, celebrate our achievements, and look forward to the future. Foundry was established with a clear vision: to deliver value early and often by…
Organized by Birmingham City Council and Birmingham City University, FoundryLIVE featured hackathons and an InnoTech Expo, highlighting advancements in AI, data, and agile methodologies. At the end of June, FoundryLIVE, a two-day event, unfolded in Birmingham, marking a significant milestone…
Head of Function – Product, Kat Sexton, introduces Birmingham Foundry and explains how it is starting to deliver the benefits of working differently and sustainable change for the council. Birmingham City Council’s Product function was launched in March 2023. The…
As some of you may already be aware, the Planning department secured funding earlier this year from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to be part of Open Digital Planning. A community of forward-thinking local authorities working…
Week ending: 14th July 2023 It’s been another busy couple of weeks on the Customer Service Programme and although we’ve had another round of Overview and Scrutiny Task and Finish Groups with the Executive Report tabled at Co-ordinating Overview &…
The journey continues as the team works hard with services to meet the vision of providing a consistent and quality customer experience for our users; Sprint note 2 and 3 gives an insight into the work to improve the customer…
A lot has happened since our last end of year update, so this week our update provides highlights of a few of our workstreams. This is just a snapshot as there’s a lot going on and many crossovers with other…
It’s been a while since I talked about what we have going on so thought I would share what I have been up to this week as a taster. My week started with a discussion about a ‘Housing Innovation Centre’…
People who work in local government are often driven by the desire to do good for their city and its people. That’s certainly what motivated me to join the council, and for the most part I love it. Being in…
We’ve been on a journey here in Birmingham to transform our digital and technology service from a transactional, ticket taking service to a human centred, enabling service working as a trusted business partner to support the Council to achieve its…
