This week, I welcome Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice and Strategic Director for Practice and Programmes at the National Children’s Bureau. We discuss the role public services can play in making growing up great again! And why so many of our systems struggle at the point young people turn 18. Dez challenges the myth of a neat shift from ‘child’ to ‘adult’ and notes that for many people adulthood arrives earlier (caring responsibilities, adversity) or later (new re

We are delighted to launch our new report exploring how AI is already impacting public services and what can be done to ensure adoption makes a real difference. Based on interviews, survey responses, and case studies from the public sector, the report explores the real state of AI adoption, cutting through the hype to understand what’s working and what leaders need to put in place to make AI safe, ethical and genuinely impactful. This report is designed to give leaders clarit

AI is rapidly becoming part of everyday workflows, yet most organisations are still grappling with the gap between expectation and reality. This webinar marks the launch of Mutual Ventures’ new AI research paper, ‘AI Adoption in Public Services: What’s Working, What Isn’t, and Why It Matters’ . We explore how AI can be adopted safely, strategically and with real impact. We cover the conditions for successful implementation, what frontline realities look like in councils and p