As a self-confessed former frustrated civil servant, James Herbert set himself on a mission to help scale the public sector’s digital transformation. It’s a big feat, but he launched Foundry4 to do just that. They provide teams of experts to solve complex problems for large organisations through end to end solutions across insights, strategy and delivery.

James has worked with Cabinet Office teams designing the G-Cloud procurement framework, the foundations of the Digital Marketplace and the world’s first government Cloud-First technology strategy. In this discussion we explore digital identity, working for both private and public sectors, and how to productise a service-based business.

Talking Points

• The Government’s investment in suppliers (10:44)
• The impact of the Digital Services Marketplace (16:03)
• Stress-testing an IR35 conspiracy theory (19:53)
• The digital transformation (25:44) 
• The story behind Foundry4 (31:14)
• Preparing a business for IPO from day one (38:28)
• Advice for launching a service-based business (42:53)

Links

• The Digital Services Marketplace
• Tom Loosemore
• ‘Man's Search for Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl
• Ryan Prince - VC Investor and Chairman, Realstar Group
• Foundry4
• Panoply

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