Sep 24, 2019
In this episode, the team is joined by Wayne Phillips, AWS Worldwide Public Sector Partner Manager, and Pritesh Patel, Client Commercial Lead, Cloudreach. The team focus on the public sector and the influence that cloud technology is having on the way citizens interact with governments around the world.
Also, stay tuned for some consumer advice regarding your crippling caffeine habit and your use of old egg boxes.
00:00 - Introductions
03:23 - News - Accenture's AI Job Buddy - Business Insider - Richard Feloni and Matt Turner
09:54 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Question
12:46 - Deep Dive - What can the cloud do for the public sector?
13:37 - What are the similarities between the public and private sector?
15:43 - What is different?
17:48 - The Daily Mail Test
20:13 - Reflecting on past mistakes and painful learning
21:54 - The need for agile procurement
24:20 - Specification in the changing world of the cloud
27:35 - How do you change legally binding processes?
28:20 - Procurement rulebook is always backwards looking
30:28 - How is cloud driving progress?
32:14 - Is cloud adoption occurring at the same pace as in the private sector?
33:40 - How has the experience of taxing your car changed because of the cloud?
36:20 - Citizen life experiences have changed because of the cloud - It makes sense that the public sector follows suit
38:16 - Cloud Procurement Vehicles - The cloud is built for SMEs
40:41 - How else is the public sector modernizing? - Skills, talent, leadership, working environment…
43:22 - How are conversations about the cloud changing?
45:47 - Summary
46:06 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Answer