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Knocking down the barriers to digital transformation
Although, digital transformation has recently grown, for many organisations, digital transformation strategies are frequently surpassed by business demands. Robert Lindsey, managing director, Certes IT Agility Ability™, addresses the various barriers to digital transformation and discusses how organisations can strengthen strategies to secure successful outcomes. Decreasing the digital acceleration gap A study in May 2022 reported…
Read MoreOld technologies, new problems: tackling legacy IT requires a shift in mindset
The Government Commercial Function describes Legacy IT as a ‘multi-billion-pound problem’. Civica’s Executive Director (Central Government), Steve Thorn explains how a change in mindset can help to tackle this burning issue across the public sector. Over the past few months, I’ve written at length in this magazine about the ‘data dilemma’ across our public services.…
Read MoreDiversity and Inclusion strategy leads to reduced turnover
The UK workforce is more diverse than it has ever been, which is great news for those looking beyond political correctness and implementing fair policies and working practices; looking to make a real difference. When diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) are taken seriously in the workplace, the organisation benefits from a larger and more diverse…
Read MoreHas summer works procurement changed?
The education sector is well versed in procuring built environment work to be carried out during the summer months, but it’s come to the attention of our regional manager Emma Hesbrook that due to current market constraints there is a greater need than ever before for the planning process to be initiated earlier. There are…
Read MoreAccelerate Council Refunds with Virtual Payment Cards
Whilst there is a long and growing list of options available to public sector organisations to collect money from bill payers, tenants and taxpayers, large scale distribution of payments has for a long time been a far more complex challenge. The days of large-scale cheque issuance are quickly (and thankfully) becoming a distant memory. An…
Read MoreSupport for public sector bodies struggling to embed Social Value
Rob Wolfe, Managing Director at CHY Consultancy and Impact Evaluation Standard Steering Committee Member explains why creating a better framework to support organisations to deliver social value is relevant and important. The Impact Evaluation Standard (IES) is a framework for public and private sector organisations to qualitatively and quantitatively assess their social value. It is…
Read MoreMaking changes that meet with success
There are always new challenges to meet and better ways of doing things and no organisation can afford to stand still, but change should be planned and implemented with care to avoid doing more harm than good. Making changes, be it to the organisation’s values, processes, practices or attitudes, can be a daunting prospect. When…
Read MoreThe Road to Organisational Intelligence with PFU Fujitsu
With the public sector under increasing strain, improving the way organisations handle documents of all types represents a challenge. Document handling is costly and the storage of paper is an expensive overhead with significant security issues. Peter Richardson of PFU Limited, a specialist image capture company within the Fujitsu family, explains why digitising paper and…
Read MoreCovid fatigue and the importance of employee wellbeing
The importance of employee wellbeing and mental health has taken a top spot on the HR agenda throughout the Covid pandemic and how to address issues has become a priority. The stigma previously attached to talking about mental health has changed and we are now much more comfortable talking about it. That said, HR should…
Read MoreCloud strategy themes driving public sector savings
The future success of the UK economy and the wellbeing of its citizens will be directly connected to the successful uptake of digital technologies and in leveraging national data resources. The role of technology is fundamental to the provision of citizen services and as an accelerator for productivity and economic growth. Public sector technologists have…
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