Learning from the Front - Digital Transformation Webinar Series
Learning from the Front is a practical webinar series which aims to share what digital transformation really looks like in practice - beyond policy, theory or polished success stories. The series features people who have actually led or delivered digital change in real settings, sharing candid reflections on what worked, what didn’t, and what they wish they’d known at the start.
Crucially, this series recognises that national strategies are delivered through people. Digital transformation succeeds when leaders, managers and frontline staff are supported to change ways of working, adapt to uncertainty, and learn as they go.
Episode 3: Population Wide Data for Population Health Insights (October 2026)
As digital, data and AI become increasingly central to health and care reform, a key question is how organisations can build the foundations needed to use them effectively and responsibly.
In this session, Professor Cathie Sudlow, Director of the Usher Institute and School of Population Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, explores how population wide health data can support better decision making, innovation and transformation across health and social care. Drawing on experience from major UK health data initiatives, she considers the opportunities, challenges and workforce capabilities needed to realise the potential of data and AI.
Date: Tuesday 27 October 2026
Time: 12.00 - 13.00
Location: Online
Book your place: Booking Link
Watch the recording: The recording will be available here once published.
What the sessions are about
Sessions focus on learning from real-world experience. Speakers talk openly about:
- Leading or contributing to digital transformation in complex environments
- The realities of doing transformation work alongside day-to-day pressures
- Decisions, missteps, and trade-offs that shaped the journey
- Practical lessons others can take into their own context
There’s no expectation to have all the answers. The value lies in honest reflection and shared learning.
By the end of each session, you will:
- Feel reassured that digital transformation programmes are rarely straightforward and often take unexpected paths
- Learn some practical lessons from someone who’s been/going through it
- Take away 2–3 specific insights you can apply in your own role or organisation