Understanding what AI will really mean for Scotland's public services, charities and businesses

Tuesday 14th May 2024
Understanding what AI will really mean for Scotland's public services, charities and businesses

AI is already here and every public, private and third sector body in Scotland has to understand what it is going to mean for them. Its impact will be deep and wide ranging, so what do organisations need to do to understand it, react to it and adapt to it?

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The Role of Scotland’s Regulators: What’s next for accountability in public services and markets?

Tuesday 05th December 2023
The Role of Scotland’s Regulators: What’s next for accountability in public services and markets?

Effective regulation in the public, private and third sectors is essential in guaranteeing the quality services and products Scottish consumers receive. However, public sector budgets are under threat. Private sector businesses are competing for consumers who have increasingly tight budgets. Third sector organisations face another period of acute funding uncertainty. How can bodies across all three sectors deliver compliance in regulation and scrutiny in challenging circumstances? The challenge is to comply with current expectations, prepare for what is coming next and still deliver what consumers expect. The question is, how?

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Addressing the labour market crisis in Scotland’s public, private and third sectors: innovating our way forward

Thursday 16th November 2023
Addressing the labour market crisis in Scotland’s public, private and third sectors: innovating our way forward

Employees are critical to every area of work - too few, too inexperienced or insufficiently skilled creates cost, delay and damage to public services and economic competitiveness.  Yet the current labour market shortage is evident across our public, private and third sectors.  Our ability to deliver critical public services is undermined by it.  The need to grow and compete our way out of recession is threatened by it.  The capacity of our third sector to provide essential safety nets in the midst of growing poverty and household financial breakdown is damaged by it.  So how should organisations anticipate, plan and react in order to attract and retain staff, minimise employee turnover and upskill and innovate with their valuable and scarce staff resource?

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Scotland's infrastructure and capital investment in challenging times: what happens next?

Tuesday 13th June 2023
Scotland's infrastructure and capital investment in challenging times: what happens next?

Scotland's need for capital investment in infrastructure is well researched, documented and signposted.  However, our ability to deliver in core areas such as net zero, transport, housing, digital infrastructure and projects supporting public service delivery is now acutely challenged by the state of our public finances following pandemic, war, recession and budget recklessness.  So, how bad is the picture on our infrastructure prospects and what can be done to prioritise spending, innovate on funding, attract additional investment and find new ways to partner in project delivery?

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City Centres, Town Centres and High Streets after COVID: Rediscovering localism, redefining purpose

Thursday 15th April 2021
City Centres, Town Centres and High Streets after COVID: Rediscovering localism, redefining purpose

This webinar will explore the effects and consequences of the COVID pandemic for how we live and work in our city and town centres and our high streets. It will examine the opportunities for transformational change in the centre of our urban spaces and will consider current thinking and initiatives to turn threat into opportunity as dramatic structural changes are already unfolding.

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Online

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Rethinking Smart Cities and City Regions After Coronavirus

Tuesday 16th March 2021
Rethinking Smart Cities and City Regions After Coronavirus

This webinar will discuss the immediate and long term effects of coronavirus upon our cities and city-regions with a focus on the potential of data, the meaning of smart cities post-Covid and approaches to smart city region economic recovery in the key engines of our economy.

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Organisational Leadership and Culture During COVID and Beyond: What have we learned in adapting to virtual?

Tuesday 09th February 2021
Organisational Leadership and Culture During COVID and Beyond: What have we learned in adapting to virtual?

Organisations in the public, private and third sectors have all had to cope with new working practices driven by the COVID pandemic. Almost overnight, organisations, teams and individuals have had to move to remote virtual working and to remain that way for most of a year. While trying to continue to fulfil their roles – or learning new ones in response to emergency – staff have been expected to deliver for consumers and customers while also coping with the isolation and disorientation of remote home working.

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Funding Recovery From Coronavirus: How will we pay?

Tuesday 29th September 2020
Funding Recovery From Coronavirus: How will we pay?

Huge government deficits are being created in order to fund the vast range of support required to keep the economy afloat. How will this debt be paid for in the short, medium and long term and what is the best way to ensure that the associated expenditure most effectively supports the economy, households and a return to growth?

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