via govfresh.com This mayor's story is amazing and inspirational to anyone involved or interested in public service. I see this example as an, often missing, offline angle of Gov 2.0. In addition, the Gov 2.0 movement needs to surface additional voices and bright...
Below is a blogpost I wrote about enabling the civic social layer, orginally posted on GovFresh. Over the past few months, I’ve been seeing different models of ‘digital’ or ‘smart’ cities. Many of these models are heavily centered on the re-engineering of technical...
Gartner Says By 2015, More Than 50 Percent of Organizations That Manage Innovation Processes Will Gamify Those Processes Analysts Explore the Role of Enterprise Architects in Gamification at Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2011, May 9-10, London, and June 22-23...
Here's my speech from TEDxAustin about leveraging open innovation and game-theory in government.
To kickoff the New Year, I have started a 10-week blog series on GovLoop to profile how open innovation can transform government agencies. I'd love to hear your thoughts and examples throughout the process. The first blogpost is available at http://www.govloop.com/profiles...
It seems like everyday I get an e-mail from someone that has heard me speak, returned to their agency inspired- only to get shut down from their boss. My normal response is, “Donʼt give up, keep pushing, etc.” A few weeks ago it really hit me- weʼre leaving city management...
"You can't just keep doing what works one time, because everything around you is always changing. To succeed, you have to stay out in front of that change." Sam Walton via Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies Now how do we stay in front of the...
This excerpt and graphic below is from David McCandless (informationisbeautiful.net). It's a great way to illustrate Clay Shirky's concept of cognitive surplus and it's power if harnessed. Can you imagine the effectiveness and efficiency a government agency could achieve...
Change is difficult in government because we are approaching it the wrong way. In order to change, we need to go from a problem-focused mindset to a solution-focused mindset. In Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, the authors explain this concept as “pursuing...
