A common misconception about Governments is that they are inefficient in spending the taxes they receive from citizens.  For citizens this is frustrating. These frustrations are compounded by the knowledge that Governments are not early adopters of technological solutions that can both improve services and save money.  Which is why we were super excited to interview Óli Páll Geirsson the first Chief Data Officer at the City of Reyjavik.  Óli is on a mission to help Reykjavik City use data to improve the service it delivers to the citizens of Reykjavik.  In this episode we discuss How to get stakeholder buy-in for data driven projects How to overcome internal resistance to change Whether Cloud or On-premise solutions are best when building your tech stack The ethics and future of AI in government