Delivery weeknote – 4 min read
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’…
James Gregory
Why we are adopting an agile mindset
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…
The art and science of managing demand
Faced with an ever-growing list of demands, how does a delivery team decide what to do? It’s a challenge that every delivery team in every organisation has to grapple with. Corporations have to trade off initiatives that will grow their…
Birmingham’s Data Programme
Over the last twelve months or so, a delivery team has been hard at work on the three workstreams of the council’s Data Programme i.e. architecture, data as a service (DaaS) and Ethics, Governance & Stewardship (EGS). The team is…
We are hiring UX, Delivery and Product leads. Join us to build the digital council of the future
I am excited to announce some great senior roles I am introducing to our digital team! Having just launched our new digital strategy, as a council, we are massively committed to investing in our people to deliver human-centred services to…
Learning to tightrope walk
Cards on the table…this is nothing to do with actual tightrope walking. I did try slacklining once – it was a humbling experience I won’t be rushing to repeat. This is more about the fine lines you have to tread…