ZEN INFORMATION

Aligning crisis response with information strategy

Move quickly but keep one eye on the future

During a crisis, rapid access to trusted information, no matter where you’re working, is vital for business as usual. As you swiftly transition to a digital workforce, can you maintain control over your organisation’s distributed information ecosystem?

The coronavirus pandemic could be considered the most compelling motivation for digital government the world has ever seen. I think of it as the COVID Catalyst, driving transformation in the public sector like nothing before it. It has dramatically changed the ways agencies and councils work, almost overnight.

To enable remote working and maintain access to public services, organisations have rapidly rolled out new technologies and people have adopted new ways of working. But have we thought through the longer-term impact of these changes on our information governance capabilities?

Don’t let today’s decisions undermine your information strategy

Access to trusted information is just as critical as access to devices, network and applications. Ministers and senior executives rely on it to make decisions that affect “lives and livelihoods”. Managers…