Intelligence Manager
Essex County Council is massive. There are around 12,000 employees. It’s the second biggest local authority in the country, geographically, and it’s the second largest spending authority (which makes sense, given the size thing I just mentioned). There are hundreds …
What do Loreen, Ben Whishaw and Essex County Council’s Data and Analytics team have in common? That’s right, they’ve all won something big in the last week. While Loreen was delighting the world (probably) with her winning song at Eurovision, …
I am going to let you in on a little secret that is going to change your life. I hope you’re sitting down. You need open data. And, what’s more, open data needs you. Has your life changed yet? Ok, …
As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week, I wanted to write a blog to shine a light on some of the work we’ve been doing at the Essex Centre for Data Analytics and at Essex County Council. Mental health …
A little over a year ago, back when we were allowed outside to frolic and have fun, I spoke at Nesta’s City Data Conference about confronting the skills gap in the public sector, and – in particular – how we …
As year one of the Essex Centre for Data Analytics (ecda) draws to a close, I find myself pausing to reflect on the past 12 months. Earlier in July, ecda published a video that highlighted some of our successes from …
Over the course of the lockdown, I have seen a lot of people posting on MySpace and Bebo (other social media platforms are available, but if it was good enough for 2006 it’s good enough for me) about how they …
If I had a pound every time someone said to me “Tom, working in the partnership space must be very exciting and fun and you must love it”, I wouldn’t be all that much richer. That’s why I’ve decided to …