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On Reducing the cost of Freedom of Information requests
I saw last week a great example of using web based technology and the 'push' model to save resources and thus money in State government in one specific, yet common, scenario.
On the Leadership Spill – As Predicted ;)
I’m watching as history is being made in Australia – a leadership spill will this morning install Australia’s first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Nice timing for me as I used the following slide in a presentation earlier this week – before any talk of a spill. Interesting to see the uproar about a ‘Prime [...]
On Beginning to Engage
It was a surprise yesterday to see the response of the Australian Federal Government to the report produced by the Government 2.0 Taskforce (released in December 2009). A surprise not because it wasn’t expected but because of the delay in producing it and, for me, the brevity of it’s response. That’s not necessarily a bad [...]
On Idea Platforms – Now What?
There’s a marvelous scene at the end of the movie Finding Nemo. The fishes in the fishtank at P.Sherman’s dental surgery have, for the whole film, been devising a way to escape into Sydney Harbour and to freedom. In the final scene, and as a result of the tank filter failing, the fish have been [...]
On Product Managing Government 2.0 Initiatives
I recently wrote a guest post for the Brainmates Product Management blog looking at the lessons that we as product managers can draw from what has been happening in the world of Government 2.0.
I highlighted in my last post here that I believe we are now entering the trough of disillusionment for Government 2.0, and the more I have thought about these two subject areas, the more I have come to realise that it is during this phase in the lifecycle of any technology initiative that Product Managers become key. Be they established Product Managers in established companies or Entrepreneurs acting as Product Managers for their Big Idea, the principles taught to us at Product Management school are key to emerging from the trough onto the slope, or crossing Geoffry Moore's Chasm, or surviving the cynic-generated chaos of this critical technology life stage.
On the current state of Government 2.0
A quick recap on Government 2.0, primarily from an Australian perspective, but also, such is the world we live in, with examples and policy from overseas.
On Managing Consultations Efficiently