by Sam Douglas-Bate | Aug 27, 2023 | All
When it comes to forecasting one of the biggest challenges is the presence of potential bias. It can lead to inaccurate predictions and poor decision making. At its worst it can render your futures work a complete failure, costing valuable time and money. During a...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Aug 17, 2023 | All
As we approach the last quarter of 2023 charities across the UK continue to experience unrelenting change. In our increasingly complex world, the most successful leaders in the sector will navigate two distinct but interconnected paths. The first is about being...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Jan 17, 2023 | Local Government, Policy Insight
ForgeFront’s founders cut their teeth in the pit of a significant number of central government organisational changes. Anyone who has worked in Whitehall will tell you that when it comes to ‘MoGs’ (nothing to do with Larry the Downing Street cat, rather...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Jan 13, 2023 | All, Local Government, Policy Insight
In the minds of senior local authority leaders, the pandemic crystallised the need for better digital service delivery. One council leader told me she thought her organisation’s biggest strategic failure in hindsight was not putting in place a...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Jan 6, 2023 | Local Government, Policy Insight
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell you that good data saves money for local authorities and the public sector more broadly. Using analytics to deliver targeted interventions is ‘bread and butter’ stuff for many organisations these days. Central Government...
