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A mistake I’ve seen many organisations make when considering online staff collaboration systems for staff is trying to achieve perfection at the get go – building systems from scratch or investing in high-cost branded technologies that requires significant time to implement and can be expensive to operate and develop. More prudent, in my view, is…
It’s uncommon (at least in Australia) to see a government-related initiative promoted as a leader in innovation. It’s even rarer to see publications such as Fast Company, with its focus on the most innovative companies in the world, feature government-related initiatives. However this year Fast Company’s profile of “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” is…
Facebook’s active membership now exceeds 500 million users – that’s 1 in 13 humans. If it were a country it would be the third largest on earth. Its usage in Australia accounts for roughly 29% of the time spent online. Based on the average Australian internet user spending around 18.8 hours online each month (as…
I’m not terribly sympathetic to the Australian Government’s attempt to ban social media access to under-16s. There are many reasons why a blanket approach is bad – from removing parental control to removing support networks for at-risk and diverse teens. However, if they’re going to propose it, at least they should have a solid plan…
I highlighted the online Netflix prize quite some time ago as an example of how an organisation could work with its community to drive innovation. Netflix has a longstanding prize of US$1,000,000 on offer for the group who could improve their online movie/TV recommendations engine by at least 10%. The goal is to substantially improve…
I don’t think this has been widely noticed in government yet, but Australia achieved an interesting Gov 2.0 first this week on the back of the Myers disability scandal. The backstory: after the Prime Minister announced that DisabilityCare, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), would be partially funded through an increase of 0.5% in the…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
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