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BoS2015 - Sarah Allen – Co-Founder, Mightyverse, 18F

This document discusses improving collaboration and innovation within the US government. It notes that only 35% of federal employees believe creativity and innovation are rewarded. The document advocates setting intelligent defaults, being explicit, using people's words, and empowering employees to build shared understanding and discover each other's intentions and stories. This aims to create a more efficient and responsive government through increased collaboration.

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What is your software saying… …behind your back?Sarah Allen @ultrasaurus a is for apple: derekb
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Cobbler: Valerie Hinojosa
2wid: [darjeeling. india]
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– Onora O’Neill “Trustworthiness before trust.”
reliable competent honest
context intention freedom
create shared understanding context
discover the story intention
empower people freedom
theory of change
Increased collaboration will lead to a more efficient & responsive government. Hypothesis
US Government 2.7 million Walmart 2.1 million China National Petroleum Corp. 1.6 million State Grid Corporation of China 1.5 million Indian Railways 1.4 million Top 5 Employers in the World private & public sector, excluding military
only 35% of federal employees believe creativity & innovation are rewarded. 2014 Employee Viewpoint Survey
only 35% of federal employees believe creativity & innovation are rewarded. 2014 Employee Viewpoint Survey 2.7M civilian employees
almost 1 million federal employees believe creativity & innovation are rewarded.
"connect with that special task to learn something new, meet new people or feel like you are part of a bigger group” "Government is huge, how can it be that no one has the skills or not enough people?” "cool people doing cool things” "the opportunity to really network and find out who is doing different things, using different tools, if there is something I want to do in my program, I have people to go to who have done that” a really good toolbox: lot of resources, people and programs
set intelligent defaults be explicit use their words be empowering
envision an alternate reality suspension of disbelief empower people
Sarah Allen sarah@ultrasaurus.com ultrasaurus thank you