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Alison from the LOTI team shares four critical reasons why it’s time to retire the phrase for good, along with an incredibly easy fix.

Prompt & Productivity Library pilot

The LOTI Prompt & Productivity Library pilot is a new resource designed to help local authorities navigate and optimise their use of generative AI tools.

LOTI at 7

Eddie shares highlights of LOTI’s work from July 2025 to June 2026 across our four core pillars: People, Technology, Data and Innovation.

Why is GovTechTokyo focusing on Digital Public Goods?

Ikuo Koboku, Manager of the Co-creation in Public Services Division at GovTechTokyo, shares their approach to Digital Public Goods.

Baselining, the key to unlocking value in local government using AI

Sarbjit from the LOTI team shares his thoughts on how understanding the cost of delivery it helps strategic planning and where to focus with AI.

The cost of building fell…but the cost of deciding hasn’t

Dwain Nicely, Continuous Innovation Manager at Barking and Dagenham, shares his thoughts on the cost of deciding in local government.

Legacy technology Inertia: Why things don’t change

Sarbjit from the LOTI Team examines systematic and non-technical forces contributing to legacy technology inertia and what we can do about them.

Agentic AI in Council Services

A collaborative approach to map service patterns and deploy Agentic AI to resolve complex resident requests.

What drives risk-averse procurement?

Radical thinking doesn’t happen unless the culture in a borough can support it. Sarbjit from the LOTI team discusses how challenges in procurement may be cultural.

Join our new Buying Better Tech Community of Practice

We’ve created a new LOTI Buying Better Tech Community of Practice for LOTI members to discuss and solve some of the key pain points in buying tech.

When is the best time to start your procurement process?

Sarbjit from the LOTI team discusses the best time to start your procurement process and ideas for how to approach it from a user needs perspective.

How to tell if you are locked-in with vendors

Sarbjit from the LOTI Team shares the different ways that you may be locked-in with your existing vendors.