Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Digital Disruption: What do governments need to do?

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Australia's Productivity Commission has just released it's report on " Digital Disruption: What do governments need to do? &q...
Friday, June 10, 2016

The increasing importance of role models in the public sector

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Role models are incredibly important for humans across both their personal and professional lives. Role models can help show us and make ...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Turnbull announces Australia's first live Facebook debate

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Last year Justin Trudeau, now Prime Minister of Canada, broadcast the launch of his campaign using Facebook Live, and livestreamed his part...
Thursday, June 02, 2016

Energy needs a digital transformation

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I've had a long involvement in the energy industry, having cofounded two startups in the sector, one that is now listed on the ASX. W...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The feng shui of innovation

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Many organisations have begun integrating words from the language of innovation into their vocabularies. It's increasingly common to ...
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Friday, May 20, 2016

Celebrating the eighth birthday of eGovAU

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Earlier this week I started getting LinkedIn messages of congratulations for my work anniversary (thanks to everyone who sent them). Whe...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Without risk there can be no innovation. But without innovation there is not no risk

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It is fairly well understood - even embraced - in government today that without taking some risk there can be no innovation. However it&#...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Digital skills now essential across most government communications roles

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Back in 2009 I predicted that government communications professionals only had about 10 years to gain social media skills or become unemplo...
Thursday, May 05, 2016

It's time to enter the Intranet & Digital Workplace Awards

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I have just been alerted that Step Two's global Intranet & Digital Workplace Awards have just opened for nominations for 2016. Th...
Friday, April 22, 2016

Code for Victoria is looking for nine innovative, inspired, collaborative individuals with digital experience to help transform Victorian government

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If you're a talented programmer, designer or user experience lead looking to create change and have an impact on society, it's wort...
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Friday, April 15, 2016

Senior public servants need counselling, not coddling if they fear to provide frank and fearless advice under the public's gaze

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This week several of Australia’s highest ranking public servants, including the Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the head of th...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Building an Open Government Partnership plan in Australia from the edges to the centre

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On Monday this week I participated in the cocreation workshop for Australia's Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan (N...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Australian governments need to stop treating citizens as free consultants

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Across April I'm spending a week participating in government-run sessions to contribute to the democratic life of our nation. I'...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

DTO launches preview of gov.au vision - but is it the right vision for Australian needs?

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The Australian government is again looking to reshape its entire digital presence, through creating a single .gov.au site that will somehow...
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Register now for UnConference Canberra (formerly BarCamp Canberra)

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In a little over two weeks it'll be time again for UnConference Canberra, the renamed, brighter & shinier version of BarCamp Canber...
Friday, March 04, 2016

Don't let a focus on quick wins lead to slow losses

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These days it seems almost everyone in government is focused on quick wins - outcomes that can be achieved fast, with limited resources but...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Guest blog: Can open data really form the basis of a social good startup in Australia?

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This is a guest post written by Rosie Williams , a leading Australian Open Data Developer and Citizen Journalist, who created and manages i...