Fellowship of the Zings!
hot takes, mebbies shot down
Working in public should be in public, right? So I better show y’all my briefs (ooh-er missus).
Why are I doing this research?
Scotland is falling behind in digital technology, how do we catch up? Money’s is and will be tight – lets improve our capability.
The paper-administrative state is dead. Digital is the air we breathe - we must excel at it.
Our political ecosystem is not a good customer of digital – we have to make it better
Research starts with hypotheses to test: a hunch, an instinct, a proposition, a belief, something, here are mine.
We need more iteration and earlier design – and if that means changes to parliamentary procedure…
There are better ways to write legislation, to specify data, to shape digital strategy that will give better outcomes and lower costs
The government doesn’t tell the story of digital systems to the public or the wider political class properly.
These are my hot takes detailed in my briefs. Shoot me down, point our my flaws, give me your loving critiques, sign up for a structured interview – be you in Scotland, the UK, Europe or the world – this is not a local problem.
PS I attach my formal briefs and hypotheses
PPS Twitter is clearly dying and I intend to be having my conversations with my readers here on Substack – you bringing your colleagues into the conversation will help us all.
Hi Gordon. Glad to see you engaged with this topic! I'm responsible for digital and comms for OSCR, and so have many views on this topic... The current charities bill going though Holyrood could make an interesting case study on the development of policy/legislation with respect to digital development work. I'm on holiday this week, but will drop you a line from my work account when I'm back so you have my details if any of this is of interest.