In my experience, privacy is very much a privilege. Privacy is there until it is not – whether by chance, by choice, or by coincidence. Whether the gaze that sees us is that of the media (social or otherwise), the state, or even just circumstance, privacy can be abruptly withdrawn. For me this realisation came
Nowadays, it seems like every organisation wants to be innovative – or at least says they want to be. And why wouldn’t they? In a world in flux, where disruption is faced in all arenas (social, economic, environmental, epistemological), and where new technologies offer new opportunities and new chances, sticking with the same old, same
Is there/can there be room for nuance in digital systems? In my experience as a public servant, there’s often a lot of attention paid to how the private sector needs certainty. Of course the flipside of that, which I don’t think is as accepted or as recognised, is that the public sector often likes/requires flexibility.
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] As some of our readers already know, I’m soon heading off to new pastures for a while. Before I go, I thought it might be useful to reflect on some of the things I’ve learnt and observed since starting
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] Innovation Month (Disrupt, Develop, Display) is fast approaching and we’ve had some queries from partners and others about what’s already planned. Here’s a rundown of some of the main events planned thus far: Monday 4 July – Innovation Month Launch
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] On Wednesday last week the Australian Public Service Commission, in partnership with the Public Sector Innovation Network, hosted ‘Shut Up and Innovate’, an event for some 300 public servants to hear about and discuss innovation. The session was facilitated
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] Public sector innovation is something that public services across the world are looking at and there seem to be a lot of common issues. But are they really the same, or do local factors, local circumstances matter more? This
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] On a recent trip to Washington DC I had the chance to visit some of the memorials, including that of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, the 3rd President of the United States of
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] Do you work with someone in the APS who has done/is doing something clever, new and/or experimental? Have you thought about nominating them for the new IPAA Public Sector Innovation Awards? If so, there’s only two weeks left to nominate
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] We’d like to share with you the theme for Innovation Month 2016 – ‘Disrupt, Deliver, Display’. Innovation Month 2016 will run from 4-31 July and planning is already underway for a number of activities. We find it helps to
In my experience, privacy is very much a privilege. Privacy is there until it is not – whether by chance, by choice, or by coincidence. Whether the gaze that sees us is that of the media (social or otherwise), the state, or even just circumstance, privacy can be abruptly withdrawn. For me this realisation came
Nowadays, it seems like every organisation wants to be innovative – or at least says they want to be. And why wouldn’t they? In a world in flux, where disruption is faced in all arenas (social, economic, environmental, epistemological), and where new technologies offer new opportunities and new chances, sticking with the same old, same
Is there/can there be room for nuance in digital systems? In my experience as a public servant, there’s often a lot of attention paid to how the private sector needs certainty. Of course the flipside of that, which I don’t think is as accepted or as recognised, is that the public sector often likes/requires flexibility.
[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] As some of our readers already know, I’m soon heading off to new pastures for a while. Before I go, I thought it might be useful to reflect on some of the things I’ve learnt and observed since starting