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’…
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Shaping the Future – Redesigning Birmingham’s Digital Team
I have been with Birmingham now for around 15 months – and it has been a whirlwind! I managed to carve out some time to write an update to my post on how we have been getting on delivering the…
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…
Applying for a job in our IT & Digital team: What does a good supporting statement look like?
Our IT & Digital team in Birmingham City Council currently offers great career opportunities. Are you keen to join us and need help applying? The following tips explain what we mean when we ask you to submit a ‘supporting statement’…
Digital Playbook 3 day sprint
I have competed my first 3-day design sprint to build a prototype digital playbook. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect – so while a little hectic, sometimes intense – all in all it was a great experience and I…
Launch of Council’s new Digital Strategy
“We will be bold in our ambition to be the best Digital Council to transform, support and enable the City to reach its potential.” In an earlier post, I set out the Birmingham digital approach. I am pleased to formally…
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…
Reflections on developing Birmingham City Council’s new digital strategy
Thank you to Hannah Pinnock of Methods for this weeks blog – a wrap up of the work to date on the digital strategy! It seems like a fitting moment as we draw to the end of the year to…
Collaboratively tackling digital exclusion in Birmingham
We recently launched the city’s co-designed Digital Inclusion Strategy for Birmingham citizens and communities. The last year or so, we as a Council, have been working incredibly hard with partners across the city to begin to develop Birmingham’s approach to…
Shaping the Future – Birmingham Digital team
I’m now into month 3 in post and one of my first priorities has been to kick off the work to reshape the IT and Digital teams so that we have the capacity and maturity to support the Council with…