Developments and articles of interest from the last week:
- The Victorian Government has released its Gov 2.0 Action Plan.
- In this article Steve Ressler, founder of the collaborative site GovLoop, showcases three recent innovative developments in the US public sector.
- In this post Tony Schwartz identifies his six moves that organisations need to make to create a culture of innovation, including teaching creativity systematically, nurturing passion, and providing the time for innovation.
- Some of the articles we have linked to previously have argued that constraints can be powerful forces for innovation. In this piece Anthony Tjan argues that ignorance can also be a powerful driver – ignorance of what is possible can let you think of brand new possibilities and bring conviction unencumbered by what might go wrong. “In the context of entrepreneurship and idea generation, ignorance equals open-mindedness. An empty mind is an open one — it is empty of bias, empty of past experience, and empty of external critique.” 1
- This quote is not covered by the Creative Commons licence or Commonwealth Copyright. From Anthony Tjan, 9 August 2010 ”The Power of Ignorance” http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2010/08/the-power-of-ignorance.html ↩
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On the Victorian Gov 2.0 Action Plan.
Having worked in both the APS and State/Territory jurisdictions I’ve always been struck by the fact that State/Territory public sector jurisdictions are more action oriented. Not surprising given the fact that these jurisdictions are at the pointy end of service delivery whereas the APS is a few steps removed.
It’s a great action plan and the requirement that – ‘Every VPS department will undertake at least one Government 2.0 project by 30 June 2011, aimed at opening up data, making operations more transparent or expanding opportunities for citizen engagement. Collectively, these projects will contribute to a more transparent, collaborative and participatory public service’ – is very telling indeed.
Leadership and practical requirements like this are what is needed to shift the culture of the APS.
So how about all APS agencies have the same requirement placed on them. There is lots of good ‘stuff’ going on around ...
... the APS. But more action and leadership on the ground is needed to give us more consistency as a service.
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