
Let’s Pay More Road Tax! Thoughts on Tech & Potholes
I spend my professional life working with institutions that have the information they need and fail to act on it. The pattern is identical whether you are looking at crisis
The blog is prepared by William Morrison, Chairman of MetricsLed.

I spend my professional life working with institutions that have the information they need and fail to act on it. The pattern is identical whether you are looking at crisis

The phrase – Après nous, le déluge ‘After us, the flood’ – is most famously associated with Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV. This was in the context

Asset declaration: Interim and incoming governments in South Asia should consider the introduction of secure and auditable digital platform for public service wide asset declaration.

There are obvious benefits to using AI and our blog sets out a range of steps and principles that leaders should adhere to as they consider the use of AI

At MetricsLed, we handle data that is not just sensitive, it is often life-critical and always personal. Robust testing and simulation are not just technical hygiene for us -> they

Localisation – the commitment by major donors to shift a significant portion of humanitarian funding and decision-making power to local and national actors – is set to significantly shake up

In a clear sign of strong commitment to digitisation UK citizens will be able to prove their identity for everything from paying tax to opening a bank account using a

I’ve spent much of the last 12 months considering what I feel is the next big swing of the UK Aid pendulum. A swing away from the dominance of the

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s digital development strategy for 2024 to 2030 was published today and sets out its approach to international development in the context of rapidly evolving

This note argues that the US and its allies in the Global North must urgently overcome the practical, political and psychological barriers to initiate serious planning for the reconstruction of
Chairman, MetricsLed
William Morrison has spent 25 years working with and for government at the highest level. He worked for the Adam Smith Institute for a decade before founding Adam Smith International (ASI) for which he served as Managing Director and Chairman.
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