Goodbye HAL, hello Ellen Ripley
Hollywood has fed our anxieties around AI for years, but as social care steps into sci-fi territory it’s time to share some new stories, says Clare Morris. If you shut your eyes and imagine what AI might sound like, anyone born in the later part of the 20th century will hear the chilling Canadian monotone […]
When two tribes go to work
LGA & Rethink Partners Digital Care Technology Resource Centre When two tribes go to war work Covid has lowered barriers to tech adoption, but the culture change mustn’t stop here. The opportunities (and challenges) of partnering with other services are just waiting to be grasped, says Clare Morri. There’s a reason for the slogan ‘Your […]
“Everyone has the fear they ought to know more”
Want to implement real culture change in your organisation’s approach to digital? It’s time for an amnesty of digital blindspots, says Irene Carson. What is it about the field of digital tech that has so many people feeling inadequate? Digital technology moves at a pace that can sometimes take your breath away, but it’s a […]
Care technology diagnostic and planning resource
The resource is a practical tool to enable councils to review their local care technology approach in a structured way and to act as a catalyst for further activity. It was developed by the Care and Health Improvement Programme in partnership with Rethink Partners and councils. It is intended to cater for a range of […]
“We built our own care journalling app”
When digital strategist Claire Shuter spotted care potential in an education tool she moved fast to make something for adult care. Here’s how she did it… I’m a director at council-owned private care provider in the South East of England where the people we support in our day services (adults with learning disabilities or older […]
Starting a Movement: A Whole System Approach to Care Technology Culture Change
Culture Change is something that takes a lot of work to implement in an organisation, but it can reap rewards; changing attitudes, improving lives and making everyone’s experience better. This infographic details who needs to be involved in organisational culture change within the care technology space, how to implement culture change and how it can […]
Collaborating on Care Technology: A guide to partnership working
This may seem obvious, but developing successful partnerships takes time and effort so being clear why working in partnership is a good thing and what you might want it to achieve is an important starting point. It will also help start the process of seeing things from your partners’ perspective rather than your own. This […]
Be more Monet: lessons in creativity for care commissioners
Innovations that put users at their core should be our norm, but achieving this isn’t easy. It’s time to start thinking like a 19th-century Impressionist artist, says Clare Morris. Building digital care services around people often demands the most innovative thinking, but it’s hard to break new ground when pressure to deliver nails our imagination […]
Playbook for innovation learning
Over the past three years, in Nesta’s Innovation Skills team we’ve had numerous conversations with colleagues, partners, participants and practitioners about building innovation capacity for the public and development sector. Whether in a design workshop, briefing or strategy session – or just an informal conversation – we often found ourselves quickly sketching a model, or […]
How (and why) to lift the bonnet on your value proposition
The devil’s in the detail; if we want to master all elements of our care technology proposition we must roll up our sleeves, says Clare Morris of Rethink Partners Change has long been in the wind in social care, but it’s fair to say the pandemic has lit a bonfire under our desire to evolve, […]