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Solving local government issues through collaboration with external digital talent in Tokyo

21 April 2026

GovTechTokyo shares their experience in collaborating with external digital talent on large scale projects such as digitalisation and operational efficiency improvements in local government.

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Making a socially transformative impact in Tohoku, Japan  

17 April 2026

How does social impact and economic value go hand in hand? Yuma Kawahara from Sendai City shares their work on supporting social entrepreneurs across the Tohoku region.

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What drives risk-averse procurement?

17 April 2026

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.

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Addressing digital health inequalities in the London Health Mission

24 March 2026

London has recently launched the Health Mission, Genta from the LOTI team explains the work LOTI is leading on, the Theory of Change stream.

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AI & Legislation Digitalisation: Q&A with the Japan Digital Agency’s Legal Team

24 March 2026

Polly from the LOTI team sits down with the Legal Team at Japan Digital Agency to learn more about how they’re approaching legislation digitalisation.

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Join our new Buying Better Tech Community of Practice

24 March 2026

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.

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Public Service Reform: from cashable savings to radical change

17 March 2026

How public sector organisations can rethink their approach to more radical innovation and deliver effective, financially sustainable services.

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Test and Learn: Scaling Pan-London Data Projects for Retrofit

24 February 2026

Sadie from the LOTI team shares how we’re using a ‘test and learn’ methodology to scale our IoT sensor data project with Warmer Homes London.

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Building community through codesign in Grahame Park

24 February 2026

William Cooper from Barnet shares his experience when they tested a unique participatory grantmaking project in Grahame Park in Barnet. 

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A day in the life as…an Innovation Manager

28 January 2026

Dwain Nicely shares what it is like to work as an Innovation Manager in Barking and Dagenham Council. 

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Learning from innovations from around the world: Reflections from this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress

5 December 2025

Three members of the LOTI team, Eddie, Genta and Sarbjit, reflect on some of the most interesting city innovation examples from SCEWC 2025.

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Estonia: a lesson in transparency, consistency and resilience

21 October 2025

A summary of insights and learning from the LOTI delegation study trip to Tallinn, Estonia.

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