Linda O’Halloran, Head of MHCLG Digital Collaboration Unit

On today’s show we sit down with Linda O’Halloran, Head of
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Digital
Collaboration Unit, #SmartLondon Board Member and founder of the
NGO Thinking Development.


Listen as Linda shares her interesting journey into the London
tech scene: from founding an NGO after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake;
to working at MHCLG Digital Collaboration Unit - a programme that
disrupts local government and re-energises local digital
movements, helping authorities and local services overcome
problems via common narratives.


Linda also talks about the importance of collaboration in all its
forms, the unintended consequences of emerging tech and the
lessons learned on coping in a high pressure digital
transformation role.