The UK, web 2.0 en Tom Watson
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Afgelopen week hield minister Tom Watson van Transformational Government (vergelijkbaar met Andere Overheid in Nederland) een toespraak die mij uit het hart is gegrepen. Enkele quotes:
Our challenge is to use it to make a difference to the lives of people we are all here to serve. I began to understand the change going on in the world when I set up a political blog five years ago. (..)
Put simply, I began to understand the power of information. (…) I believe in the power of mass collaboration. I believe that as James Surowiecki says the many are smarter than the few. I believe that the old hierarchies in which government policy is made and crucially for you in this room the way in which it is delivered – are going to change for ever. (..) The future of government is to provide tools for empowerment, not to sit back and hope that laissez-faire adhocracy will suffice.
En ook deze vond ik sterk:
Mrs Watson is a regular user of Netmums. A quarter of a million people provide I’ve been there advice to parents and parents-to-be. Imagine if 100,000 mums decided to meet at Wembley Stadium to discuss the best way to bring up their kids. Midwives would be there dispensing advice. Health visitors, nursery teachers, welfare rights advisers would be there. Even politicians would try and get in on the act. But when twice this number choose to meet together in the same place online, we just ignore them. That’s going to have to change.
Hiermee legt hij feilloos bloot dat de huidige vaart waarmee web 2.0 burgers in staat stelt zich te mobiliseren, nog te vaak over het hoofd wordt gezien door de overheid. Watson noemt vervolgens verscheidene ontwikkelingen die rondom web 2.0 zich voordoen en legt uit dat web 2.0 kansen biedt voor de overheid. Read the rest of this entry »
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