I know full well that senior officials within the Australian Public Service do not like the disclosures and discussions taking place on OZloop.



In particular, they do not like the fact that we are highlighting the systemic nature of problems often attributed to organisational culture. More to the point they do not like the fact that many of these problems are attributable to the very notions of management, leadership and hierarchy they hold dear. One word sums this up.… Continue

To introduce this post on No straight lines I want to take you on a journey. That's on the basis that to know where we are and where we are heading we actually need to know where we've been. Due to the nature of the work I've been involved in for the past nineteen years I'm well placed to take you on this journey.

 

For a long time I've expressed the view that the way in which the majority of Australian Public Service agencies manage innovation and change itself is based…

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An interesting article from Street Corner on the Frocomm Gov 2.0 Conference held in Sydney earlier this month http://goo.gl/XjeoA



Plenty of examples from local government, the excellent example set by the South Australian Government and, of course, the work emanating from the UK.



While, I think it is really important to celebrate and share the work being done by the Australian Public Service it is obvious that each agency is proceeding at… Continue

So the push is on for proactive freedom of information in the the APS.



The primary means by which the community will access information released under FOI is via the web. Which means we need to attend to design and avoid the trap of simply publishing link farms. We should also, I suggest, have a consistent design across all APS agencies. To do otherwise is a recipe for confusion.



I have had a look around the place and have found a great example courtesy of the U.K Ministry… Continue

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