Government to train public sector leaders on AI and robotics

The government's flagship National Leadership Centre has accepted its first cohort of officials from a spectrum of the public sector as part of moves to improve leadership across a host of services. The training academy is "a national offer for the most senior leaders of public services". The first of its kind in England, the programme will bring together leaders of public services to provide them coaching in areas including future technologies, like AI and robotics, to understand how they can both embrace new tools and collaborate to transform public service. The first cohort of invited participants includes police chief constables, fire service chiefs and hospital chief executives, who will begin to receive coaching from today. The aim of the scheme is to develop the skills of over 100 senior public service leaders every year, with the coaching programme developed with support from Oxford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.