Harry Metcalfe

All policy constrains good action, as well as bad

On bad days, perhaps it constrains good action rather more often

Sep 23 • 

Harry Metcalfe

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June 2025

Governance happens in foggy weather

We need to reclaim human judgement, subjectivity and the primacy of direct experience as vital skills for leadership

Jun 29 • 

Harry Metcalfe

14

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Look! A Substack!

It's where the cool kids are. Y'know, the ones who'll want to talk about the philosopical underpinnings of agile and how to use them to make things…

Jun 25 • 

Harry Metcalfe

2

March 2025

GovTech Summit 2025

It's all gotten a bit big and complicated, hasn't it

Mar 20 • 

Harry Metcalfe

February 2025

January 2025

The State of Digital Government Review: It's the right ideas, again (and again)

I just read the State of Digital Government review published last week.

Jan 29 • 

Harry Metcalfe

AI is useful, but not yet as useful as people think, and it's hard

It won't always do as it's told, but most people think that about computers anyway

Jan 27 • 

Harry Metcalfe