AI and analytics
There is something I’m asked a lot about, and there are two parts to this question. Firstly, how do you achieve success with data analytics and AI broadly in the APS? What do you think are some of the real secrets or pivotal elements of success? And secondly, how do you think it’s different from what you do in the private sector?
MM: I’ve been in government since 2010, and before that, I was a CTO in effectively an incubator for start-ups in analytics, so I was building teams to create a capability that would then become a company that could be spun up if it was successful. It was great. I loved it. It was really interesting. But I left the private sector for a very particular reason – I’ll come to it in a minute as I talk about the similarities and differences.
What’s similar between government and the private sector is attracting and retaining talent, prioritizing limited resources, getting access to the right data...