Made Tech

15/01/2024

🚨 "AI tools are a game changer, that's no secret. But they don't always have to be the answer."

Join our Head of , Jim Stamp and other brilliant panelists tomorrow on Digital Leadership Forum's webinar to find out more.

What: AI-enhanced decision-making: maximising your data potential
When: 16 January 2024, 12pm to 1pm
Where:

Companies have never been more data rich but are realising that having access to hundreds of metrics can create new challenges.

19/12/2023

What 3 capabilities do government departments need to effectively lead digital transformation? James Buckley believes its down to developing technical, organisational and cultural capabilities, like:

👉 flexible organisational structures
👉 bringing cross-functional teams together
👉 celebrating success and encouraging knowledge sharing

🎙️He explains more in Government Transformation Magazine's Podcast Episode of the Year 2023 on Spotify! Missed it? Tune in here:

How can the UK public sector achieve a step-change in performance in order to quickly address government and user demand for better quality services?

11/12/2023

📢 As the end of the year approaches, we've been reflecting on the last 12 months. Read all about one of our big events of the year - running our first Blackathon back in October with the theme of “Celebrating Black Progress”. ⬇️ 🎉

Last month we hosted our first Blackathon to honour the work of Black pioneers that have made a significant impact on society through tech - here’s how it went.

08/12/2023

"Collective intelligence is the collaborative group effort of trying to solve a problem, bringing the best of what people and tech can offer."

In a recent project with a security and intelligence client, we shared what that looks like in practice.

Collective intelligence is the collaborative effort between a group of people who try to solve a problem, bringing the best of what people and technology can offer. In this post we’ll explain what that looks like in practice.

07/12/2023

📢 Big news! We're thrilled to share that we've been named as a finalist in the Raising the Bar for Workplace Transparency Award in the , hosted by Escape the City and _Shift.

Filled with a whole host of great companies with progressive policies and initiatives, we're proud to be named as a finalist amongst them!

And if you're wondering, as part of our commitment to transparency we add salaries to all our job ads and we have an open-access handbook that we launched 5 years ago.

It would be silly not to share our open roles, take a look at our current vacancies - https://hubs.li/Q02ck7Fv0

You can also find out a bit more about the Shift People Awards and check out their guide to powering and retaining progressive teams.
https://hubs.li/Q02ck2t_0

29/11/2023

"Celebrating successes is not something we do enough in our lives." 🚀

Last week we had the pleasure of attending the Women in Tech Excellence awards to celebrate Catherine Quilley's nomination. Before they danced the night away, we caught up with a few of the team to chat about women and diversity in tech. Watch below to see what they had to say. 👏

https://hubs.li/Q02bk5s10

Made Tech Senior Data Engineer Catherine Quilley was shortlisted for Rising Star of the Year – Consultancies & Professional Services award at the Women in Te...

10/10/2023

The latest episode of Tech Captains is on the theme of modernising legacy technology, featuring our Co-Head of Delivery Management Laura Burnett. Laura also shares advice on getting into the tech industry, and what the industry can do to support women entering tech. A fitting watch today. Check it out: https://hubs.li/Q024VTzG0

In this episode, we explore the dynamic world of technology leadership. We welcome Laura Burnett, Head of Delivery at Made Tech, discussing her journey from ...

09/10/2023

Doesn’t matter if you’re an engineer, designer, product manager or you’ve never looked at a line of code. If you work in the public sector, come along to our upcoming hackathon honouring the work of Black inventors, writers and activists who’ve made an impact on society.

Starts this Friday in London, SE1. Find out more, or sign up to come along:

To celebrate Black History Month we’re excited to announce Made Tech's first Blackathon.

29/09/2023

There’s still time to sign up for Made Tech’s first ever Blackathon! This is a hackathon where you can take part in technology projects that celebrate Black innovators. Starts Friday 13 October. No coding experience needed. If you work in the public sector, you’re more than welcome. Here’s a schedule of the 2-day event:

To celebrate Black History Month we’re excited to announce Made Tech's first Blackathon.

27/09/2023

When it comes to housing repairs, “self-service apps and portals need to be easy to find, highly accessible and inspire users’ trust that their data will be secure.” – Made Tech Housing Repairs product manager Chris Cottrell in the latest issue of Housing Technology 🏡💚 Take a look, from page 51:

Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.

25/09/2023

Local authorities face mounting challenges monitoring social care direct payments with issues around time, costs, data privacy compliance and security risks. We’ve developed a product that helps you get all the evidence you need from your users in one quick, effortless and secure interaction.

We’d love to show it to you. Join us online for 30 minutes at lunchtime tomorrow. Register:

Do you spend hours chasing service users for their information and documents? Join a live demo of our Evidence product to see how it could help with your council’s social care direct payment monitoring.

20/09/2023

“Whether or not your organisation has a policy on if and how to use LLMs, it’s almost certain people in your organisation are already using them one way or another.” Should the UK public sector be using large language model AIs like ChatGPT? Here’s everything we think you should know - and think about, from our Lead Data Scientist James Poulten:
https://hubs.li/Q022QX760

Let's take a look at large language model artifical intelligences. Are they suitable for use in the public sector? Here's everything you need to know to make an informed choice.