Rebooting
public administration




                                Patrick GENOUD
                      Observatoire technologique
                   ISS lecture series - 23/04/2012
Observatoire technologique
Laboratoire d'usages des administrations à l'ère d'Internet




                                                              www.ot-lab.ch
A natural way
from technologies
 to transformation
L'information comme a strategicstratégique
       Information as ressource asset
Open governement
A new paradigme
Opportunities
Profound changes
Transformation
Approach

●   Citizen oriented
●   Open
●   Collaborative
●   Global
●   Multidisciplinary
●   Concrete
Posture
The public sector reality

●   The 'almighty' administration
●   Focus on reliability
●   Risk aversion
●   Short term view
Consequences

●   Silos – no transversality
●   No communication
●   No collaboration
●   Change aversion
●   No culture for innovation




                                  ?
Consequences
But we have to innovate !

●   The world is changing!
●   Need to do more with less
●   The complexity of the challenges is increasing




                                       www.gapingvoid.com
Innovation vs change
Innovation vs change
Innovation vs change
Innovation vs change
Innovation vs change
Reports ?

●   Describe tendencies
●   Give the perspective
●   Present technology as a driver
●   Show opportunities
Inspiration
The result
Something missing ?
Strategy ?
Seize opportunities
Engage people
Co-creation
Service design thinking
Transformation


 Cost     Added value




Quality   Perception




                        Prof. Diem Ho, IBM
New tools
Fuel experimentations



" The way is as important as the goal ! "
A real challenge
Some help needed

     ●   New methods
     ●   New tools
     ●   New competencies




            Self-confidence !
Some examples
Information systems committee




     Appropriation of a transversal strategic plan
Antenne citoyenne




e-Inclusion
Participation citoyenne




                Ethnographic study WITH the
            citizen, using a social web platform
Opening public data




            A lever for transformation
Design de services à l'OCAN




             Ethnographic « offline » study
Les causeries du jeudi



          Expose, share and enrich !
Lessons learned

●   Find your energy outside
●   Consider a multidisciplinary approach
Lessons learned

●   Fuel experimentations
●   Find sponsors
●   Support people
Lessons learned

●   Work in co-creation
●   Consider adapted methods
●   Use the good tools
●   Adopt a reflexive approach
Lessons learned


Communicate !
Lessons learned
Just do it !
References

●   Publications on OT-Lab (mostly in French) http://www.ot-la.ch
●   Innovation in Government, Partnership and IDEO, 2011
●   Online Public Manifesto, thinkpublic, 2012
●   Innovation Games, Luke Hohmann, 2006
●   Business Model Generation, http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/
●   La 27è Région, laboratoire de transformation publique des Régions de France
●   Think Services, think tank on service science

Rebooting public administration