You know, I’ve followed and read @sboots’s thought pieces for a long time, but I am not sure if I can truly pay close attention to his 12 hours and 25 minutes long talk today at #fwd50
Gardening is a recurring metaphor for digital transformation work at #fwd50
Ursula Franklin’s metaphor of earthworming for social change—preparing the soil, a generational task—really resonates: https://lucascherkewski.com/study/earthworming/
Fantastic talk by @sboots on what ails government tech in Canada — and elsewhere — and what could be done to fix it, without a shoutout to @Marthalanefox’ paper in 2010 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/directgov-2010-and-beyond-revolution-not-evolution-a-report-by-martha-lane-fox & @govuk & @GDSTeam since. Humble, smart, inspiring. #fwd50
That's a wrap for Day 1 at #FWD50 2023! And what a day it was; asking ourselves questions on digital transformation, service delivery, digital maturity, Indigenous knowledge, team management, user research and more within the context of public service and government!
The fun doesn't end there - tonight at 6PM, grab your tickets for 'Glorious Blunders: A Public Service Fail Fest' at the Three Brewers in Ottawa (https://www.fwd50.com/session/1245/glorious-blunders-a-public-service-fail-fest)
Dusted off my classic ‘national disgrace’ ONS website story for the #FWD50 FailFest - been years but still lands 😆
"Nobody is pulling the [Andon] cord in government" #FWD50
“My goal is no longer focused on digital teams - y’all are doing a great job - but focused on changing the system in which delivery operates.” - @pahlkadot at #FWD50
What are we going to do to tend the soil, pull weeds… REMOVE cruft not just add more to the policy layers.