BRITISH ARMY
That is no easy task . As well as vast amounts of data to handle , the orchestration and connections required mean that Brig Crossfield has to delve deeper into organisations to reach the innovators who can match the Army ’ s ambition and then connecting X with Y , as Lt Gen Tickell outlined .
Little wonder Brig Crossfield refers to himself as “ digital matchmaker ” and making sure the Army joins the dots to reach the best outcomes .
“ That ' s really hard ,” he admits . “ You know , it ' s just hard yards of constantly scanning , constantly connecting people up , bringing people back into lane where they ' ve strayed out – and they don ' t do that through malice , it ’ s just complicated .
“ So what we really want to do is through the Digital Foundry , which is the Defence Digital initiative , we want to start giving [ innovative companies ] the opportunity to
“ Through the Digital Foundry , which is the
Defence Digital initiative , we want to start giving [ innovative companies ] the opportunity to show what they can do ”
CHRIS TICKELL LT GEN ,
BRITISH ARMY
show what they can do , but also us to bring our problems to that environment .
“ I am much more connected now with bigger organisations away from their business development teams , into their innovation teams . I ' ve been hugely impressed with how genuinely engaged they are in helping us move forward here . They ' re on the journey , and we ' ve got some great pilots running .”
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