European project portfolio:
Introducing Speak UP – Developing Better Tools For Citizen Engagement
Speak Up is the 4th Interreg project I’ve developed. 12 partners across 6 countries will work to build better ways for citizens and governments to work together.
Articles and case studies:
Introducing The Blockchain Book – Lessons From ‘Blockchain In Government’
In 2023 I wrote The Blockchain Book, bringing together learning from 24 pilots, proof of concepts, and use cases from the ‘Blockchain in Government’ project to show how the next generation of government services will be enabled by blockchain.
Introducing ‘Blockchain And Government In Europe’ – Lessons From BLING
BLING has just published my latest magazine – Blockchain and Government in Europe. This 84 page magazine brings together 11 interviews and 8 new blockchain use-cases to explore the state of Blockchain in Government in Europe.
Creating A Content Strategy To Support The Development Of Local Digital Innovation Cultures In Cities Across Europe – Learning From Like!
LIKE! supported the development of local ‘innovation cultures’ in cities across Europe. Our content strategy pulled together the findings and key lessons learned into a set of 4 magazines. Learn why we took this approach
With a focus on making content accessible to a wide audience, the magazines covered key themes and showcased the value of international collaborations within the project.
See The LIKE! Magazine Video Introducing Our Work On ‘innovation Cultures’
See a video intro to the set of magazines I wrote earlier this year that capture everything that the LIKE! project has learned about accelerating innovation and building capacity by developing ‘innovation cultures’.
The Like! Cycle – A New Model For Building Sustainable Innovation Cultures
I developed the ‘LIKE Cycle’ as an iterative model for capacity development and innovation that builds upon everything we’ve learned delivering the LIKE! project. The LIKE Cycle is a both a pathway for individual and organisational skills development, and a roadmap for service innovation and development.
Developing A Digital Innovation Culture – Learning From The Like! Project
There’s a real expectation that cities and municipalities will be innovative – almost by default. Innovation requires skilled staff and a flexible organisation, so Like! explored ways to develop organisations to embed innovation in how they work and in how they design and improve services.
Developing And Delivering Smarter Services – Learning From The Like! Project
LIKE’s Smarter Services work developed new ways of working with citizens and service users to use data and information to complement efforts to co-design better services. There were three themes: 1) Data for Smarter services, 2) Local services, and 3) Channel and content strategies
Creating Digital DNA For Cities And Neighbourhoods – Learning From The Like! Project
LIKE! has been developing new ways for cities and communities to use data – to design and deliver better services, and to make better policy decisions for communities.
The ‘Creating Digital DNA’ work in LIKE! has focused on 3 areas: 1) Digital dashboards, 2) Local data for local services, and 3) the Internet of things (IoT).
The BLING Approach To Enabling Blockchain In Government
Learn how BLING (Blockchain in Government) plans to accelerate and de-risk the development and deployment of blockchain-enabled e-services in the North Sea Region of Europe.
Introducing BLING – BLockchain IN Government
BLING – BLockchain in Government – is a €5M collaboration of 13 organisations – governments, cities and universities – who are exploring how governments can use blockchain to enable the next generation of smart services.
Creating A ‘Digital Innovation Culture’ – A New Way To Increase Local Innovation Capacity Developed For The Like! Project
Like! is a €4.2M Interreg Vb project that is developing a ‘local innovation culture’ approach to address the underlying capacity issues that are hampering the improvement of e-government and e-services.