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Australian ICT & Public Administration 3-STEP INNOVATION GUIDE. OVERVIEW. The challenges we face The opportunities we have The practical things we can do. OVERVIEW. The challenges we face The opportunities we have The practical things we can do. ABOUT THE CHALLENGE.
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Australian ICT & Public Administration 3-STEP INNOVATION GUIDE
OVERVIEW • The challenges we face • The opportunities we have • The practical things we can do
OVERVIEW • The challenges we face • The opportunities we have • The practical things we can do
ABOUT THE CHALLENGE • Innovative ICT transforming industries: Amazon, Google, mobile apps, etc • Australia has fallen one more place to be 16th in world economic competitiveness • Fed Gov: “ICT will increase public sector productivity” • The question: where to innovate?
GOV MODEL 2013CHALLENGE Gov role in a digital age? Societal innovation; personal id/security Gov austerity measures – handbrake on? Constituent expectations – citizens; staff Political cycles v’s long-term visions HELP!! Re-inventing the wheel – shared services; w-of-g solutions; jurisdictional boundaries ICT project failures; ICT-Business communications gaps Risk management v’s innovation? Information management – paper still dominating Buy Australian? 21% Australians not on-line
ICT STIG – SOME SAY … NBN Cloud (Supermarket of IT) LET ME AT IT!! BYOD; Thin Client Automation – eg Big Data (Machine Learning) ‘Internet of everything’ Mobility; html 5; apps revolution; social media Tech savvy customers; staff Rationalised supply chains Gov 2/3?; data.gov Video; gaming
OVERVIEW • The challenges we face • The opportunities we have • The practical things we can do
WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES • The public sector is one of the largest contributors (approx $400bn) to Australia’s economy – it’s ‘competiveness’ is critical • Judicious use of its very large procurement spend is essential • To balance: risks v’s gains for taxes spent • To play safe where obvious; to explore where not!
OVERVIEW • The challenges we face • The opportunities we have • The practical things we can do
EXPLORING INNOVATION THREE PRACTICAL WAYS TO BENEFIT: • Join the community-of-interest – ideas; partnerships • Get informed eg Newsletters; social media; workshops; seminars; conferences; etc – improved value propositions • Trial through collaborative projects where agencies; industry; and research identify and test new solutions to the big challenges of government – seed new business
e GOV CLUSTER • To advance public administration and the Australian ICT industry • By fostering innovative Australian ICT in all spheres of government
CLUSTER APPROACH THROUGH • Building and supporting a strong community-of-interest (the ‘Cluster’) • Informing – there are a range of communications channels such as Newsletters; social media; workshops; seminars; conferences; etc • Doing – facilitating collaborative projects where agencies; industry; and research identify and test new solutions to the big challenges of government
COLLABORATIONCHALLENGE Magic
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT – MOBILE CANBERRAA device independent mobile app’; accessing ACT Open Data; providing location-specific info’ re gov’ services
THE WRAP • A vibrant ICT sector and public administration are essential to Australia’s future • Both sectors must be adventurous for success • Collaboration: a low-risk, low-cost, high-return solution • QnA?