Dr Mark Thompson responds to an article in The Economist about The Outsourcing Boom, Going Private
Following is an official response from Dr. Mark Thompson, ICT Futures Advisor to the Cabinet Office Dear Sir, Your recent article of 19 March implied that a wholesale transition was underway from...
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FT Soapbox article: By Dr. Mark Thompson, Judge Business School, Cambridge University
Introduction from Methods: Building wider understanding of the increasing role of open standards and open business models is an urgent task for public and private sectors alike. UK business schools must...
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Dr Mark Thompson’s speech at The Public Procurement Briefing 2012, hosted in association with Number 10 & The Cabinet Office, 9 March 2012
The Public Procurement Briefing 2012: ‘Driving a Culture of Innovation and Enterprise with SMEs’ is where senior decision makers in central and local government and leading thinkers in the procurement space convened to examine...
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Tech Market View: A perspective on Methods
I met up with public sector-focused consultancy, Methods CEO Peter Rowlins and co-owner and director Mark Thompson the other day (see Methods surviving the madness). The meeting substantially transformed my...
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Why personal data services change everything
Whether you're a public service provider, a politician of whatever colour, an IT or outsourced service provider, Methods or Joe Public trying to pay tax and get decent public services...
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‘Open’ public services: Why government will never be the same again
If they are to survive in anything like current form against a background of escalating costs and unprecedented budget deficit, the UK Government need to stop tinkering feebly with traditional,...
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