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...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Dec 28, 2022 | Policy Insight
Winter is a difficult season for local authorities, who need to deliver services in an efficient manner despite extreme weather conditions and limited resources. However, leveraging technology can make all the difference when it comes to providing seamless service...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Dec 7, 2022 | Current Affairs
No one knows how to spend government cash better than those on the ground. Levelling up, devolution, metro mayors, regional transport authorities, Gordon Brown’s new proposals for the Labour Party. The right sentiment? Yes. Deliverable by people on the ground? Well...
