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By: gacconsultants (Mark Harai)

gacconsultants (Mark Harai) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:17:45 +0000

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By: claudiap

claudiap — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:43:07 +0000

Man, I sure hope so! But I don’t see it really shifting in the enterprise, either. A lot of lip service, a lot of talk ABOUT it. Much more social media and the like. But not really much movement away from titles, hierarchies, CYA, chains of command.

But perhaps you’re right, and the change is happening beneath us and we will wake up facing a new horizon tomorrow.

By: sradick

sradick — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:45:24 +0000

Definitely see and understand your point – not all that uncommon from what I’ve seen either. But, I disagree with you that there’s no critical mass for change. Change is taking place before our very eyes – look at all of the Gov 2.0 events that have been taking place and the sheer number of people involved with this movement. There’s always going to be an old order who doesn’t want to change, but luckily for us, there’s a new order moving up the ranks who are taking positions of power who believe in these principles – look at Vivek Kundra, Aneesh Chopra, Casey Coleman – the list goes on and on. We have a critical mass and we are changing – it will just take time to shift the battleship.

By: claudiap

claudiap — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:52:24 +0000

Certainly don’t disagree. But. My partner works in human services; am appalled at what I see at ground level. For example, someone will come in and deliver a talk on getting rid of fear-based systems based on writing people up and reporting and instead go to best-practices, such as doing better casework out in the field. When you do that, the admin reports will come in line. So then the mgr says, “I agree, these reports are the best practices that will lead to better casework!” They just can’t see…can’t break out of the mindset, red tape or not. They THINK in terms of hierarchies, numbers, accountability, punitive systems. They BELIEVE people are motivated by the fear of getting in trouble (whereas most people in fields like this are actually motivated by constructive relationships).

#e20 is far enough away. #gov20–will it ever happen? Old order is so entrenched, brainwashes new order. Good people with spine and soul just leave, except for a few. No critical mass for change.

By: sradick

sradick — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:27:15 +0000

I think it’s about transforming how government operates on many levels, including eliminating the bureaucratic red tape. I just wanted to state what I felt was the most important part of Gov 2.0 – there are a bunch of different perspectives from other people over on the Gov 2.0 Summit site (http://www.gov2summit.com/gov2009/public/content/gov2-video).

By: claudiap

claudiap — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:24:19 +0000

It’s also about moving away from punitive, fear-based bureaucratic structures, no?

By: ericbleach (Eric B Leach)

ericbleach (Eric B Leach) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:57:02 +0000

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