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This short talk is to be delivered to the IBM Smarter Workforce – Government Leadership Forum on 9 September 2009.
“Every dystopia is a utopia turned inside out… The problem isn’t in the basic idea, it’s in the arrogance of implementation. It’s in the idea that we will get it right the first time.”
- Steven Lloyd [...]
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NOTE: The article below is my contribution to the Centre for Policy Development’s Insight: Upgrading Democracy, which consists of several pieces from well-known thinkers and doers in the Government 2.0 sector and was CPD’s submission to the Government 2.0 Taskforce. It is republished here because I like to keep everything in one place.
‘There is nothing [...]
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My keynote from GOVIS 2009 – User Centred Government: More than meets the eye.
Public engagement. Public empowerment.
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The GOVIS tag line is “Connect. Share. Learn.”
So my first question is where is the conference wifi network for all of us to connect? It’s a must have for every conference these days.
Why are [...]
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This short essay is my presentation at the inaugural The Public Sphere to be hosted by Senator Kate Lundy at the ANU on 7 May 2009.
Despite living in one of a relatively few nations with compulsory suffrage, the electorate largely remains woefully uninformed about the political process – how elections actually work, the difference between [...]
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Today started oddly for me. Tired after too few hours sleep (I was on Canberra time last night), the first session, while certainly interesting didn’t feel like it resoonated with me quite so much as the previous day. I am neither artist, scientist nor musician and the morning was dominated by these disciplines.
Don’t get me [...]
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Another session where we were challenged, exhorted and faced with the growing reality of our affect on the planet. In all – it’s time to take action, people.
Be and do something!
Seth Godin
Balloon animals
We try to change everything
What is that process like?
SF become the first no kill city in the US (ASPCA)
Then NY, N Carolina, others
Any [...]
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