Digital identities are set to revolutionise how we transact with business, with governments and with each other.  A secure binding of our real world identity to a secure digital token that will allow us to perform trusted transactions online. At the moment, there is a lot of focus on how we onboard the real world … Continue reading I not the person I used to be

Business Transformation is a hot subject right now.  Boardrooms are buzzing with the latest idea for how to change their business to reduce the bottom line, grow the top line, eliminate waste, increase efficiency, grow deeper relationships with customers.  Chief Executives look at their competitors with a jealous eye, thinking how they can implement the industry best … Continue reading Rip it up and start again

In January the Government Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Mark Walport, published a report setting out the findings of a review exploring how distributed ledger technology can revolutionise services, both in government and the private sector.  This 88-page report explored a vision of how distributed ledger technology could reshape how government interacts with its citizens. Whilst … Continue reading Distributed Identity Has No Clothes

The dinner party in the 1970’s was the way to show off to your friends how sophisticated you were – treating them to prawn cocktail starters, chicken kiev for the main course and an artic roll for dessert.  And of course, you’d also have raided your nearest Marks & Spencer’s supermarket for a bottle of their finest … Continue reading Bring your own downfall

Startups disrupting big business is nothing new.  It’s nearly 40 years since Apple set about changing how technology companies operated yet the difference today is the “unique” way in which Steve Jobs disrupted the status quo is now seen as normal behaviour.  There are numerous examples of how Jobs ignored the rules of business and … Continue reading The upstarts at the startups