The battlegrounds of the next election, as well as the wider economy, are being shaped by new technology.
These archaic machines cause NHS patients to miss appointments, hospitals to lose records, and cost millions of pounds in paper storage each year.
As I set out in my report, my challenge to the NHS is to move all GP surgeries and hospitals from being paper-first to digital-first organisations over the next 10 years.
If the Conservative Party is to remain successful, we must solve Britain’s productivity puzzle and deliver a tangible financial boost for voters.
No matter the size of the economy, or the early advantages a country might enjoy, the consequences of inaction or an anti-innovation policy platform are disastrous.
That means explaining the benefits in day to day life, and preparing an appropriate regulatory structure to deliver them.
The 4IR should not be framed as people versus machines. It can – and should be – people empowered by machines.
The second piece in the author’s series on the coming economic revolution proposes a series of policies to turbo-charge the post-Brexit economy.
The first piece of our series on the coming economic revolution urges the Government to challenge Corbyn’s Luddite approach.
The second article in a three-part series explaining why adapting to a society and economy shaped by technology is key.