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Digital Tim’s Blog.

On this site I am sharing thoughts about how digital technology and creativity can be combined to help solve complex economic and social problems. In short, how to make the world a better place through digital technology.

I apply creativity with an understanding of business to help organisations overcome digital transformation challenges

Ideas that I am interested in include: artificial intelligence, big data, the internet of things, smart cities, collective intelligence and industry 4.0. These have the potential to transform society for the better, but also risk making it worse.

Feel free to add comments, I would also love to hear your ideas.

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My blog posts

Design Thinking and Behavioural Insights in Innovation

Introduction At the beginning of February, I joined a new innovation team at SYMCA (the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority). Our remit includes exploring two major innovation challenges: one in early years education, focused on improving early literacy, and another centred on improving public transport—particularly the bus system. Alongside these, we also have a wider…

The NHS Must Change To Survive.

The NHS must evolve to survive, aligning with the UK Labour Party’s healthcare strategy that emphasizes significant change and digital technology, which were also insights from my PhD research. They encourage participation in the NHS consultation and express a desire to engage further in improving the system.

Using AI Tools in Design. A UX Research Superpower

This blog post is a response to the call to arms outlined by Jakob Nielson, who argued that UX needs more urgency in its response to AI. He argues that UX professionals need to move quickly to get up to speed with using AI tools. In this post, I outline some ideas about how UX researchers could…

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