Large organisations kill innovation not by size, but by inertia. To avoid this, we must embrace organisational ambidexterity—balancing core efficiency (exploitation) with radical flexibility (exploration). That's why I believe our model of place based working - the blueprint of which draws on inspiration from both Haier and Buurtzorg - can succeed. 77 decentralised place based teams (micro-enterprises) who have zero distance from the customer but can draw upon the R+D resources and scale of...| Paul Taylor
The Performance Myth reduces individuals to commodities or “performers,” whose value is contingent on meeting predefined metrics. This leads to a workplace culture where employees are c…| Paul Taylor
The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art has published my article Digital Government at the Crossroads. It explores the need for a radical rethink and reset to ‘digital government’ initiativ…| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
Applied outside of tech agile can usher in a fundamental shift from rigid, top-down planning to a dynamic, iterative, and, crucially, person-focused approach. Think about our place-based working ex…| Paul Taylor
I was kindly asked to write a guest article for the Digital Government Network to provide an overview of my book Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it. The book…| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
The second edition of Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it is out. It draws on over thirty years of “digital transformation” initiatives to explore…| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
A couple of recent UK government announcements indicate a renewed interest in a more substantial “government transformation” than the website-government model of recent years. The state…| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
Speaking very personally, I’m living with the tension between being passionately up for both local government reorganisation and devolution and my equally strongly held belief that how you do something really has an impact on the outcome you are creating. This was always going to be a messy process and the balance between figure it ...| Catherine Howe
“CEO-ification” refers to the trend of nonprofits and charities to increasingly mirror corporate and military structures. Often they will adopt similar language, hierarchies, and strate…| Paul Taylor
