Andrea Di MaioLast October, I posted about the theme I have been researching over the last two years, i.e. “The Future of Government is No Government” (see also Gartner research note, subscription required)
Now some of the highlights of that research, which I have discussed in multiple posts, are available in an article just published on Governing: The Blurring of Government.
Category: web 2.0 in government Tags: future of government, social networks
9 responses so far ↓
1 What if government IT (and spending) vanishes in a cloud? July 21, 2009 at 4:24 am
[...] In a recent article I have covered the “blurring of government”, highlighting how the convergence of social software, consumer devices and products and commoditization of infrastructure and software will lead to significant changes in roles, channels, service delivery models, operational procedures. [...]
2 It’s Time For E-Government and Government Employees To Get The Dignity They Deserve August 26, 2009 at 6:53 pm
[...] if we accept that the digital future is one where boundaries blur across people, sectors, geographies and roles, then we have to accept that the role of government employees will change in ways we cannot yet [...]
3 Web 2.0 May Harm E-Government Leaders August 28, 2009 at 11:13 am
[...] presenting examples, trends and possible scenarios of government 2.0. I used material from my “Future of Government is No Government” pitch and stressed a lot the angle of employee-centricity (which raised a few eyebrows in one of [...]
4 What Government Is, And What It Is Not (2.0 or Not 2.0) September 9, 2009 at 4:27 am
[...] quasi-luddite position, I would like to remember that at Gartner we have been talking about the blurring of government boundaries for quite some time. In May 2008 I addressed our European Spring Symposium government audience with [...]
5 Facebook and Twitter as Public Goods: An Intriguing Idea September 29, 2009 at 2:17 pm
[...] have the potential to complement, disrupt and replace government in some of its functions (see previous post), it is somewhat ironic that their long term survival depends on government. [...]
6 Why North Americans Will Get Government 2.0 and Europeans Won’t October 30, 2009 at 9:54 pm
[...] most cases I have delivered uncomfortable, controversial messages. The blurring boundaries between internal and external collaboration, the urgency of empowering employees besides (or rather than) citizens, the need for simple and [...]
7 It is Time to Look at Government 3.0 (or Better Understand 2.0) December 21, 2009 at 8:13 am
[...] Some people say that the Gartner definition puts too much emphasis on IT. While I do not think government 2.0 could happen without IT, this is not the point. What I believe is far more important in this definition, is that we have tried to capture the two main phenomena (i.e. socialization and commoditization) that determine the most important characteristic of government 2.0: it does blur all boundaries. [...]
8 How To Love Government 2.0 and Being A Contrarian at the Same Time March 11, 2010 at 8:40 am
[...] my work on web 2.0 in government in the early days, nor do people fully appreciate that the longer-term vision I share about government 2.0 is probably more aggressive than O’Reilly’s government as a [...]
9 Government 2.0 and the Social Media Bubble March 25, 2010 at 4:32 am
[...] and to institutions. I, for one, have been theorizing that the future of government is one where all boundaries blur and quite a few government functions get complemented, altered or replaced by social [...]