Reimagining Londons Public Services with Data, Technology and innovation (Central London Network September Evening Lecture).
A leader is someone who is fed up with the status quo and has the energy to do something about it. This was the quote that Eddie Copeland, of the London Office of Technology and Innovation told a packed-out Kelvin Lecture Theatre was his inspiration, as he delivered the September IET Central London Network lecture. LOTI is London’s local government’s innovation team, established to help borough councils and the GLA use innovation, data and technology to be high-performing organisations, improve services and tackle London’s biggest challenges together. Eddie heads the LOTI central support team and he explained that, despite having a figurehead Mayor, public services in London are fragmented, governed by 33 different councils with differing party allegiances and priorities. This, coupled…
