From the lab to the library, from the center to the edge, Governments are often surprised to discover how much fresh thinking and tacit wisdom the standard policy paper leaves on the floor.

Curio treats this knowledge as a valuable primary source and curates the networks carefully: what do they understand? What do they believe? And how do you hold the difference in productive tension?

The Digital State will not be built on a top-down basis.

Its modular networks will need to be organised around topics, not departments. Curio believes a key step is for these modules to step away from designing statements of intent (strategy and policy) and focus on solution design: departments retain oversight and accountability, so that action partnerships can make technology the site of action.

Translating between technical expertise and decision-makers — so evidence, data and emerging technology reach the people with the mandate to act.

The practical skill of moving an institution — mapping systems, sequencing decisions, aligning incentives and building the coalition a mission needs to thrive in contact with a live bureaucracy.