Cate McLaurin
@madebycatem.bsky.social
Director @publicdigitalhq, feminist, fond of swimming in cold water, alumni @IIPP
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Our Head of Local Government, @madebycatem.bsky.social Cate McLaurin’s latest piece is in The MJ.
In “Council culture: Why digital needs to be at the core", Cate argues that digital is everyone’s responsibility, not just the tech team's.
👉 www.themj.co.uk/council-culture-digital-core
In “Council culture: Why digital needs to be at the core", Cate argues that digital is everyone’s responsibility, not just the tech team's.
👉 www.themj.co.uk/council-culture-digital-core
Council culture: Why digital needs to be at the core
Every day, local councils face growing pressure to deliver more with less. But the councils that thrive aren't necessarily those with the biggest budgets, they're...
www.themj.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Our Head of Local Government, @madebycatem.bsky.social Cate McLaurin’s latest piece is in The MJ.
In “Council culture: Why digital needs to be at the core", Cate argues that digital is everyone’s responsibility, not just the tech team's.
👉 www.themj.co.uk/council-culture-digital-core
In “Council culture: Why digital needs to be at the core", Cate argues that digital is everyone’s responsibility, not just the tech team's.
👉 www.themj.co.uk/council-culture-digital-core
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Are you prepared for a #cyberattack?
🎙️Tune in to hear @e17chrisfleming.bsky.social interview @madebycatem.bsky.social about:
🟢 Her experience leading the response to a high-profile attack
🟢 How to build your #cyberresilience.
⏯️ bit.ly/446G4RZ
@nhsconfed.org @publicdigital.bsky.social
🎙️Tune in to hear @e17chrisfleming.bsky.social interview @madebycatem.bsky.social about:
🟢 Her experience leading the response to a high-profile attack
🟢 How to build your #cyberresilience.
⏯️ bit.ly/446G4RZ
@nhsconfed.org @publicdigital.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Are you prepared for a #cyberattack?
🎙️Tune in to hear @e17chrisfleming.bsky.social interview @madebycatem.bsky.social about:
🟢 Her experience leading the response to a high-profile attack
🟢 How to build your #cyberresilience.
⏯️ bit.ly/446G4RZ
@nhsconfed.org @publicdigital.bsky.social
🎙️Tune in to hear @e17chrisfleming.bsky.social interview @madebycatem.bsky.social about:
🟢 Her experience leading the response to a high-profile attack
🟢 How to build your #cyberresilience.
⏯️ bit.ly/446G4RZ
@nhsconfed.org @publicdigital.bsky.social
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Finally made it to an Interesting in London. So so good. Replenished my people are bloody brilliant bucket. Which tbh has been empty for a while.
#interesting2025
Here for agitating around another Sheffield/Northern edition.
#interesting2025
Here for agitating around another Sheffield/Northern edition.
May 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Finally made it to an Interesting in London. So so good. Replenished my people are bloody brilliant bucket. Which tbh has been empty for a while.
#interesting2025
Here for agitating around another Sheffield/Northern edition.
#interesting2025
Here for agitating around another Sheffield/Northern edition.
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🚨 EVENT KLAXON! 🚨
The next @transformgovtalks.bsky.social event will be at the MoJ and online on Weds April 30th with the following great speakers.
* Catherine Day - cross-government participatory methods forum
* Cabinet Office Test, Learn and Grow team
Register here : lu.ma/c3wlyoz0
The next @transformgovtalks.bsky.social event will be at the MoJ and online on Weds April 30th with the following great speakers.
* Catherine Day - cross-government participatory methods forum
* Cabinet Office Test, Learn and Grow team
Register here : lu.ma/c3wlyoz0
TransformGov Talks : Fifth event · Luma
For our next event we have the following two excellent speakers.
Catherine Day, Cabinet Office, on the cross-government participatory methods forum
The Cabinet…
lu.ma
April 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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We've opened a ticket ballot for GovCamp Scotland 2025 www.govcamp.scot/tickets.
Please register and spread the word 🏴
Please register and spread the word 🏴
Tickets — GovCamp Scotland
www.govcamp.scot
March 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We've opened a ticket ballot for GovCamp Scotland 2025 www.govcamp.scot/tickets.
Please register and spread the word 🏴
Please register and spread the word 🏴
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Ik schreef een stukje over mijn worsteling met het woord "innoveren" anneschuth.nl/2025/03/28/n...
Het nieuwe normaal
Deze week hebben we twee keer innovatiebudget (mede)aangevraagd voor projecten die raken aan Machine Law. Een proces dat me deed stilstaan bij een spanningsveld waar ik steeds meer mee worstel: de teg...
anneschuth.nl
March 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ik schreef een stukje over mijn worsteling met het woord "innoveren" anneschuth.nl/2025/03/28/n...
Possibly the world’s most boring video. But also immensely exciting. @jamestplunkett.bsky.social finally!
March 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Possibly the world’s most boring video. But also immensely exciting. @jamestplunkett.bsky.social finally!
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There’s still time to join us on 13th February for our AI 101 Impact Training.
This session is aimed at people who have already started with or are interested in improving their AI literacy.
lu.ma/lpet76u5
This session is aimed at people who have already started with or are interested in improving their AI literacy.
lu.ma/lpet76u5
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
There’s still time to join us on 13th February for our AI 101 Impact Training.
This session is aimed at people who have already started with or are interested in improving their AI literacy.
lu.ma/lpet76u5
This session is aimed at people who have already started with or are interested in improving their AI literacy.
lu.ma/lpet76u5
Sunday night kimchi prep.
January 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sunday night kimchi prep.
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A massive thank you to all the organisers, campmakers and volunteers who make UKGovCamp the best unconference event. #ukgc25 was a joyous and hopeful thing
January 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A massive thank you to all the organisers, campmakers and volunteers who make UKGovCamp the best unconference event. #ukgc25 was a joyous and hopeful thing
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That was a very enjoyable #ukgc25 (if slightly exhausting). Brilliant to hear different experiences of leadership, problem solve the spending review, and hear people's understanding of and reactions to 'test & learn'. And see so many brilliant people I haven't in a long time. 🤗
January 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
That was a very enjoyable #ukgc25 (if slightly exhausting). Brilliant to hear different experiences of leadership, problem solve the spending review, and hear people's understanding of and reactions to 'test & learn'. And see so many brilliant people I haven't in a long time. 🤗
Fabulous day @ukgovcamp.bsky.social Thankyou to all the organisers - you made it a brilliant day. ❤️
January 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Fabulous day @ukgovcamp.bsky.social Thankyou to all the organisers - you made it a brilliant day. ❤️
I’m staying in a house in Montpellier where it appears the owner *may* have left their cat in a separate part of the house behind a locked door. We have, of course, named it Schrödinger.
February 4, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I’m staying in a house in Montpellier where it appears the owner *may* have left their cat in a separate part of the house behind a locked door. We have, of course, named it Schrödinger.
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How might we build the capacity and resilience of institutions and civil society to respond to cyber attacks and so change the incentives around ransomware?
My best attempt at making sense of what has been happening at the British Library and more importantly how to learn from it
ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/on-the-mat...
ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/on-the-mat...
On the matter of the British Library cyber incident
The most important lesson to figure out is why it is taking so long to restore services. That will tell us how to prevent such a calamity in other vital national institutions.
ciaranmartin.substack.com
January 20, 2024 at 2:59 PM
How might we build the capacity and resilience of institutions and civil society to respond to cyber attacks and so change the incentives around ransomware?
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No more Big IT.
"We have to redesign government so it that it can redesign government services." article by Mike Bracken in the FT this morning, free to read link here:
www.ft.com/content/6b1f...
"We have to redesign government so it that it can redesign government services." article by Mike Bracken in the FT this morning, free to read link here:
www.ft.com/content/6b1f...
No more ‘Big IT’: the failed 90s model has ruined too many lives
Governments must reflect on the lessons of the Post Office software scandal — or face further disasters
www.ft.com
January 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM
No more Big IT.
"We have to redesign government so it that it can redesign government services." article by Mike Bracken in the FT this morning, free to read link here:
www.ft.com/content/6b1f...
"We have to redesign government so it that it can redesign government services." article by Mike Bracken in the FT this morning, free to read link here:
www.ft.com/content/6b1f...
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My best attempt at making sense of what has been happening at the British Library and more importantly how to learn from it
ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/on-the-mat...
ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/on-the-mat...
On the matter of the British Library cyber incident
The most important lesson to figure out is why it is taking so long to restore services. That will tell us how to prevent such a calamity in other vital national institutions.
ciaranmartin.substack.com
January 20, 2024 at 10:27 AM
My best attempt at making sense of what has been happening at the British Library and more importantly how to learn from it
ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/on-the-mat...
ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/on-the-mat...
Woke up to lovely snowy Dutch scenes this morning. Also had to unfreeze the bike lock with boiling water.
January 19, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Woke up to lovely snowy Dutch scenes this morning. Also had to unfreeze the bike lock with boiling water.
‘This yawning gap in knowledge and curiosity around technology remains true across senior levels of government, the civil service, parliament, and the judiciary’ . . .
Explanations behind the Horizon scandal cannot be reduced to a rogue supplier or an IT failure, but a set of organisational and systemic failures at the heart of government, writes our founding partner Mike Bracken.
public.digital/2024/01/12/a...
public.digital/2024/01/12/a...
Avoiding another Horizon scandal — Public Digital
public.digital
January 15, 2024 at 8:36 PM
‘This yawning gap in knowledge and curiosity around technology remains true across senior levels of government, the civil service, parliament, and the judiciary’ . . .
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Explanations behind the Horizon scandal cannot be reduced to a rogue supplier or an IT failure, but a set of organisational and systemic failures at the heart of government, writes our founding partner Mike Bracken.
public.digital/2024/01/12/a...
public.digital/2024/01/12/a...
Avoiding another Horizon scandal — Public Digital
public.digital
January 15, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Explanations behind the Horizon scandal cannot be reduced to a rogue supplier or an IT failure, but a set of organisational and systemic failures at the heart of government, writes our founding partner Mike Bracken.
public.digital/2024/01/12/a...
public.digital/2024/01/12/a...
Said hello to my fave Utrecht cafe today kushii.nl and thought of you @marxculture.bsky.social
January 7, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Said hello to my fave Utrecht cafe today kushii.nl and thought of you @marxculture.bsky.social
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In the coming election year I think we'll hear lots of views on where the future of the NHS App lies. If there was one piece of advice I'd have it's "choose wisely". A seemingly simple could well require fundamental changes to infra, service design, and op models across thousands of orgs...
January 4, 2024 at 4:27 PM
In the coming election year I think we'll hear lots of views on where the future of the NHS App lies. If there was one piece of advice I'd have it's "choose wisely". A seemingly simple could well require fundamental changes to infra, service design, and op models across thousands of orgs...
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My reflections from UK Charity Camp - thanks @harryharrold.bsky.social and team for organising public.digital/2023/12/15/r...
Reflections from UK Charity Camp 2023 — Public Digital
public.digital
December 15, 2023 at 3:04 PM
My reflections from UK Charity Camp - thanks @harryharrold.bsky.social and team for organising public.digital/2023/12/15/r...
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This will be excellent. Sign up to either come in person (Clerkenwell) or Zoom.
November 27, 2023 at 1:11 PM
This will be excellent. Sign up to either come in person (Clerkenwell) or Zoom.