Steve davies's Blog – February 2010 Archive (5)

Innovation on OZloop

Is it the same in the U.S? What are the views of Govloop members?

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Added by steve davies on February 23, 2010 at 3:59am — No Comments

Victoria, Australia steams ahead with Gov 2.0

Govloop members may be interested in what is going on in Victoria. A few times now I've mentioned that the situation in Australia is patchy Gov 2.0 wise. That is not to say there is not some great thinking and work going on. There is and our Gov 2.0 Taskforce proves that.

The problem seems to be implementation across the public sector (not surprising). Our State/Territory jurisdictions are closer to the service delivery end than our Federal public service and so…

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Added by steve davies on February 12, 2010 at 6:04pm — No Comments

Employee Engagement/Organisational Culture Surveys

Has anyone else observed the phenomena of employee engagement/organisational culture surveys being conducted across organisations by Human Resource/Organisational Development/People areas and then the results being cascaded down through the hierarchy?…

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Added by steve davies on February 11, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

New times demand a new public servant

So what would a new public servant look like in the States?…

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Added by steve davies on February 9, 2010 at 1:22pm — 6 Comments

Engage or Disengage?

You might like to read this News report from the ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/03/2808495.htm?section=justin
It seems the situation in regard to social media is just as inconsistent at the political level in Australia as it is in the public service.

What are the implications for Gov 2.0?

Not good I suggest.

Added by steve davies on February 2, 2010 at 10:56pm — 4 Comments