Broadband Capital is changing…
Broadband Capital Ltd makes changes
Transformation is what we do – and not just for our partners.
Over the last few months, Broadband Capital has undergone seismic changes. We’ve completely reviewed our approach to the intractable problems of inclusion and transformation and found there’s a better way.
In developing radical and imaginative approaches to public service efficiency, we’ve become engrossed in the detail of delivery. Not just proving the concept and winning over staff – which is critical to proving effectiveness – but the nuts and bolts of widescale roll out. We’ve taken charge of that transformation. We’ve transformed in a vacuum.
Not any more. Broadband Capital now focuses on the bit we do best – developing effective new ways of transforming public services and supporting others to make it happen. Not so much the whole nine yards, as the first few critical steps.
A development agency with a difference
BCL comes up with answers to the problems of social inclusion and public service transformation
BCL comes up with answers to the problems of social inclusion and public service transformation, using new technologies. We provide the development function for transformation teams, bringing the expertise, resource and focus to bear to come up with innovative approaches that are effective and sustainable.
We listen, develop the idea with you, prototype, pilot and prove the effectiveness, but we’re not precious and we don’t take the credit. We’ll work with anyone who can help us reach the most number of people and transform the most number of lives. Our aim is to work with public services and users to create solutions that work and are workable, that have reach and will change how things work on the ground.
We’re not creating software or solutions that we own. We’re not patenting for gain. BCL develops models that work and support their implementation as far as we’re needed until others take charge. We create transformation that lives and breathes on its own.
So what about STREAM?
A technology platform that we developed to meet particular needs
STREAM is a technology platform that we developed to meet particular needs, first education, then business and most recently health and care. It still exists and is incredibly powerful, and is still a key asset to enable transformation.
STREAM’s strength is as a set of tools that allow the creation and distribution of customised, personalised, media-rich information and services that provide individualised experiences for a wide range of individuals and on a wide range of devices. It’s a set of capabilities that can be used in many different ways to transform services.
But STREAM isn’t a product you can buy off the shelf. It’s a tool that can support a wider process of transformation and can fill technical gaps – it’s not a magic bullet. The hard work is done with people and communities, changing the way in which individuals and citizens interact to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
STREAM remains available to all agencies seeking to transform what they do but we won’t deploy STREAM on their behalf. In our experience, the partnership needs to be more collaborative if we are to change the way services operate day to day and create lasting innovation.
