Now it is Andy Gibson’s turn. He wrote the Local by Social book!
- Andy is hoping to provide some perspective on all the digital stuff
- As railroads transformed the way we work and our society, so will the new online tools
- Imagine a London with no public transport. Would be very different, service provision would be much harder.
- Comms is fundamental to everything that we do. Move away from broadcasting into a two way conversation.
- Enabling communities to come together and help themselves
- Potential to reinvent democracy
- Opportunity for involvement of service users in design of those services
- Budget crisis in public services – radical streamlining of government. Crisis is a good time for innovation!
- Budget issues has brought impetus – the need to do things differently is here, now
- Money decisions are an indication of priorities.
- Pressure to innovate means people need to have ideas at the ready. Attitude to risk may shift – do something in a risky way, or don’t do it at all
- Need for agility, eg in procurement and in development
- Need for government folk to horizon scan and build the arguments. Need to be ready for when the change happens.
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