FWD50 took place on November 6-8, 2023 in Ottawa's Lansdowne Park. See the Agenda.
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(8)“The question we have to keep asking ourselves is: are we asking too much of people? Is this a reasonable amount of rigour? Do we care more about keeping the wrong people out, or about letting the right people in?” Martha Edwards #fwd50 @marthaedwards
“We need to prove that we can do hard things. We have to be very direct when decisions that are being made around policy, complexity, change, are affecting our ability to deliver. We often speak a shrouded language in government, that doesn't make people feel uncomfortable. We need to be more direct.” Catherine Luelo #fwd50
Watching the introverts introvert @honeygolightly weaponising her awkwardness at #FWD50 ❤️
What’s that? A newsletter update for the first time since last spring?! With thanks to a several hour airport layover: https://buttondown.email/sboots/archive/seans-blog-november-2023/ #fwd50
I always love Alistair Croll's introductions from #FWD50. The @fwd50 conference is just such a great opportunity for government leaders to get together and challenge us all to take on the Herculean task of building effective government services. This requires us to build services that citizens can trust. Loved the salmon analogy.
"External funds should not be exchanged for your [city or organization's] autonomy. Get funding for things you already want to do." Great advice from Fernanda Araiza Guzmán #fwd50
Wrapping up at #fwd50 and @acroll is thanking the volunteers and crew. Amazing work by everyone involved. 🙌 @fwd50
Aaron and the crew about to start talking about open source in government at #fwd50
”Data is hard to collect when you only have legacy systems that can't talk to each other.“ Xiaopu Fung #fwd50
What a way to kick off our third and final day at #FWD50 2023!
We've had our host @acroll set the stage for Nele Leosk (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia) to summarize Estonia's digital development over the past 30 years, followed by a chat with John Cousens (Google Cloud), Honey Dacanay (McMaster University) dropping some big truths about Canada's digital journey, and finally Riley Ohler (J5 Design) sharing an incredibly powerful reminder to design with compassion and empathy.
Loving (and crying through) Riley Ohler’s #FWD50 talk “Designing My Grief” - services are about the human experience. Love. Connection. Community.
"Without digital literacy in our leadership, we'll struggle to reach digital maturity. We all need to understand digital and user-centric practices and how to apply them to our jobs." Ebony Sager #fwd50
“Being an ancestor is about, knowing that you won't be around forever. You're doing the work to support people coming after you because ancestrality is part of your mission.” Daphnée Nostrome #fwd50
“Be kind to yourself, be kind to those around you, and ensure that you're taking care of your mental health.” Catherine Luelo #fwd50
I am grieving that officials & civil servants from U.S. government aren’t active participants in #fwd50 in person & online. I may be missing folks who are streaming & chatting on the @fwd50conf platform, so caveat this, but public timelines are empty. Feels like a missed chance.
@lchski loving all the gardening I'm seeing in my thread. Wish I was there 🌱
https://digital.canada.ca/2021/04/07/exploring-the-conditions-for-digital-service-delivery/
Just arrived in Ottawa, where emerging tech was immediately top of mind at the airport & will continue to be at the @fwd50conf, where I’ll be all week. If you’re in town & want to connect about the present & future of digital democracy & open governance, please reach out! #fwd50
