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  • A few weeks ago, I got a late night message on our team’s Slack that made me do a double-take and was - to be frank - a real shock. It was a link to a Reddit thread that was titled “Ontario Digital Service is Officially Dead.”

    ODS had a simple but ambitious mission: transform Ontario’s government services and practices for the digital age. It was led by Hillary Hartley, a veteran of digital transformation efforts like 18F in the United States Federal Government, who took on the role of not just leading ODS but serving as the first Chief Digital and Data Officer for the Ontario Government.

    ODS did groundbreaking work for government: New digital service standards and legislation, building user research labs, and creating really great apps and digital tools. But ODS was about more than just digital products. It was just as much about people. Passionate public servants driven by the belief that interacting with government should be easy and, in Hillary’s words, delightful.

    So it came as a shock when I found out that the Ontario Digital Service was being shut down. Not with a bang, but quietly and without fanfare via an internal memo informing staff that ODS was being disbanded. There has been little public discussion on what ODS’ contribution to the Ontario government has been, nor what this decision might mean for other government digital teams or the digital government movement more broadly.

    On this episode of the podcast, we tell the story of the ODS over the past 7 years, and what it means now that it has ended, from those who were there at the beginning. We hear from Hillary Hartley about leading the ODS as Ontario's first Chief Digital Officer. We also hear from Karim Bardeesy who was Director of Policy and Deputy Principal Secretary for Premiere Kathleen Wynne when ODS was first being conceptualized. Tanya Coyle, was a long time public servant in Ontario who became one of the co-founders of this new digital startup team in the heart of the Ontario government. And Honey Dacanay was part of the founding team of ODS when it was still what we sometimes call in the tech world a “two-pizza team”.

    Related Links

    Ontario Digital Service is officially dead (Reddit)Ontario government disbands remnants of Ontario Digital Service by David Reevely, The LogicFirst blogpost by the team that set-up ODSByte-Sized Progress: Assessing Digital Transformation in the Government of Canada, The DaisOntario Digital Service

    Watch on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nZ3G14zyU

    Chapters

    00:04 Introduction

    03:11 Hillary Hartley joins the ODS

    04:33 The role of political leadership

    11:50 Accomplishments of the ODS

    21:11 What does the disbanding mean?

    28:14 Hillary reflects on the end of ODS

    34:22 Conclusion

  • It's only been a year since our last episode on artificial intelligence, but already a lot has changed. It seems like Generative AI is everywhere and everyone, including governments, are struggling to keep up. So on this episode Ryan is joined by a special co-host Jen Schellinck, Think Digital Associate and our resident expert on AI and cognitive science to talk about what you need to know when it comes to AI. We're also joined by Paul Craig, the creator of the TaxGPT AI bot, and Shan Gu, Founder and CEO of Foci Solutions. Both Paul and Shan share their experience working with AI projects in and around the public sector and discuss their insights on what they have learned.

    In our conversation we talk about the current state of AI technology, the questions that governments should be asking when thinking about using AI, and most importantly the question on everyone's mind, who is more intelligent: ChatGPT or Ryan's cat?

    (Note: At 3:26, Jen refers to a steady state model. She meant to say state space model)

    Related Links

    Episode 8: Government in the Era of ChatGPTTaxGPTTowards a Considered Use of AI Technologies in Government by The Institute on Governance and Think Digital

    Watch on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B685AEvbbcI

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction and Welcome

    01:27 The Current State of the Art for Generative AI

    06:15 AI's Expansion: Beyond Text to Visuals and More

    10:27 Generative AI in Government: Policies and Adaptation

    18:04 Paul Craig and TaxGPT

    24:44 Learnings from Running TaxGPT

    38:04 Shan Gu and Adopting AI tech in government

    45:42 The Future of AI in Government: Opportunities and Challenges

    52:21 Is ChatGPT more intelligent than Ryan's cat?

    01:08:02 Conclusion

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  • If you haven’t heard of FWD50, you should! It’s one of the premiere conferences on digital modernization in government and exists to help answer one vital question: How do we use technology to make society better for all? Many of this season’s podcast conversations were recorded on location at the conference in Ottawa last November.

    On this episode of Let’s Think Digital you are going to get an opportunity to hear directly from some of the participants in last year’s conference. We had set-up a Speakers’ Corner booth where we invited anyone at FWD50 who wanted to share their views on what their hope for the future of digital government is and what they think is stopping us from getting there.

    We kick-off this episode with a wonderful conversation with two of the key founders and organizers of FWD50, Alistair Croll and Rebecca Croll. They talk about what it's like to organize the conference, highlights from the 2023 event, and give us a sneak peek of what they have in store for the 2024 edition and why you should go.

    Make sure to fill out the 2024 FWD50 content survey and help shape the agenda!

    Learn more about FWD50 at: https://www.fwd50.com

    Finally a big thanks to Amy Kirtay, Andy Best, Amanda Bernardo, Liz Christie, Charles Finley, Dea De Jarisco, Roy Nader, Derek Alton, Urooj Qureshi, Pascale Elvas, James Duncan, Jeff Outram, and Lewis Eisen for appearing on the podcast as part of our Speakers' Corner segment!

    Watch on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHlB3ujyh6E

    Chapters

    00:04 Introduction

    01:27 Alistair Croll and Rebecca Croll

    30:50 Who are you and why are you at FWD50?

    33:23 What is your vision for government in 2030?

    36:55 What are the barriers to get there?

    40:58 Conclusion

  • It’s fair to say that most governments don’t choose to use open source by default. Despite efforts over the past two decades to make open source solutions a viable, or even default solution in government, there's still a lot of skepticism. Those in decision making positions often raise concerns around security and reliability compared to proprietary software that is viewed as being “safe” even if it is more expensive and less flexible in many cases.

    So what should an open source government look like? And why would we want one?

    To answer these questions, we are joined by Aaron Snow, Faculty Fellow, and former Acting Executive Director for the Georgetown University Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation in Washington DC. Prior to his work at the Beeck Center, Aaron was a US Presidential Innovation Fellow and was subsequently one of the co-founders, and then later Executive Director of 18F, the US government’s in-house technology and design consultancy. In 2018 he moved north of the border and became the first CEO of the Government of Canada’s Canadian Digital Service. And has twice been named one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government" by Apolitical.

    In our conversation, we talk about why our current approach to technology actually makes government less transparent, and how open source in government might be a moral imperative. If government is creating or procuring software using taxpayer’s money--something that has been in the news with the investigation into the ArriveCan app in Canada--shouldn't government have a requirement to share that code back with the public since it is the public who “owns” it? And how do we ensure that leaders in government know enough about technology to make good decisions about how it is used?

    Watch on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJEuTgFK6M

    Related Links

    Digital Service NetworkAaron Snow's WebsiteGeorgetown University Beeck Center for Social Innovation and ImpactAuditor-General to report Monday on how cost of ArriveCan app grew from $80,000 to more than $54-million (Globe and Mail)

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction

    04:41 Interview with Aaron Snow

    06:13 The Security Aspect of Open Source

    07:46 The Unrealized Promise of Open Source in Government

    13:15 The Need for Strong Political Leadership in Digital Government

    24:03 Modular, Reusable Components in Government

    32:03 Conclusion

  • We want government to be innovative and not be left behind in the digital revolution. But this comes up against the reality of the structures, incentives, and culture of most public sector organizations that resist change. As a result, and as we’ve been talking about on this podcast, our efforts to push forward digital transformation and modernize the business of government seems to be stuck in the mud as of late. So for the dedicated community of those in and adjacent to the public service who believe in the potential of doing things in a different way, it can at times feel a bit lonely.

    As someone who has worked both in the political system and the public service, I know how important clear political leadership is to support these efforts. The good news is that there are those in positions of power and influence who also believe in this vision of modern government.

    Our guest this week is one of them.

    Senator Colin Deacon is an independent Senator for Nova Scotia, appointed in June 2018. He’s made Digital Government one of his focus areas in the Senate and is one of the founders and co-chairs of the Caucus Group on Emerging Technology, a multi-party initiative to help Parliamentarians better understand how technology is impacting policy issues. He is a strong advocate for working across party-lines, and with entrepreneurs, researchers and social innovators to build a more innovative digital economy in Canada.

    Watch on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGr0lZ0asY

    Related Links

    About the Diia App in Ukraine (Wikipedia)Parliamentary Budget Office Report: Overview of the Government’s Digital Service TransformationParliamentary Caucus on Emerging TechnologySenator Colin Deacon's Website

    Chapters

    00:05 Introduction

    03:06 Interview with Senator Colin Deacon

    05:23 The Challenges of Implementing Digital Changes in Government

    10:41 The Need for Modernizing Government Operations

    23:40 International Examples of Digital Transformation: Ukraine

    25:35 The Importance of Leadership in Digital Transformation

    25:52 Rethinking Procurement for Digital Solutions

    35:15 The Emerging Technology Caucus Group

    41:02 Closing Remarks

  • As digital technologies become increasingly embedded in the fabric of the built environment, there are real questions about whether our cities, where 8 out of 10 North Americans live, are truly ready to be digital or smart cities. Do we have the right levels of transparency for citizens to know what data is being collected, how, and for what purpose? And are governments ready to use data and technology to improve and modernize our public institutions?

    This week, we talk to two amazing guests about these questions.

    First up is Jacqueline Lu. She is the President and Co-Founder of Helpful Places, a social impact enterprise that is working to ensure that places we live and work in, and the technologies within them, are helpful and empowering for people and their communities. In this segment, we talk to Jacqueline about her contention that, with all of the digital technologies we are surrounded by, we are already living inside a computer. We also get into Helpful Place's project called the Digital Trust for Places & Routines standard, which is meant to increase the transparency, legibility and accountability of digital technology in the built environment.

    Our second conversation is with John Houweling. John is the Director of Data, Analytics and Visualization for York Region in the Greater Toronto Area. John shares his insights from a fascinating career focused on data both in the public and private sectors and his his insights on the importance of data to fuel the digital revolution. We also talk about the digital maturity model that Think Digital has developed with York Region that help public sector organizations better understand what they need to do to make sure they have the capacity to operate effectively in a modern digital world.

    Watch on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNuJ_1kx_jY

    Related Links

    Blog Post: Think Digital Digital Maturity Assessment ModelHelpful PlacesDigital Trust for Places and Routines StandardYork Region "Putting Data to Work"

    Chapters

    00:04 Introduction

    03:09 Interview with Jacqueline Lu

    04:57 The Impact of Digital Technology on Public Spaces

    07:38 The Role of Trust in Technology Adoption

    12:57 The Digital Trust for Places and Routines Standard

    16:02 The Importance of Transparency and Trust in Technology

    21:34 Government Adoption of Technology is a Trust Issue

    26:44 Interview with John Houweling

    29:17 John's Journey and Transition into Government

    33:36 Data Sharing and Collaboration

    36:52 Digital Academy and Training

    40:24 Digital Maturity and Benchmarking

    44:38 Adopting Digital Standards

    48:37 Conclusion and Final Thoughts from Ryan

  • You've probably seen any number of stories about how some founder in Silicon Valley says their startup can tackle a big societal problem better and cheaper than the public sector because government just can't do anything right.

    Or maybe you've heard about a public sector executive immediately dismissing an idea that came from the private sector on how to do things differently because government's unique and this is how it's always been done.

    These scenarios speak to larger tensions and misconceptions between the private and public sector. But if there's one thing that the pandemic and the resulting sudden need for the deployment of impactful digital tools taught us is that we don't have to accept business as usual as the only way to solve problems and deliver services.

    This week we're talking about what you can accomplish when you harness tech, talent and modern approaches to digital service delivery in the public sector.

    Joining us to talk about this is Hillary Hartley, CEO of US Digital Response. USDR was founded in 2020 to pair volunteer tech talent with governments to create critical digital tools needed to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Today, US Digital Response has grown into a community of over 8000 pro bono digital specialists who have partnered with almost 300 different government and nonprofit organizations across the United States on projects that directly impact communities.

    Prior to her role at USDR, she was head of the Ontario Digital Service, which she led in conjunction with her deputy minister level position of Chief Digital and Data Officer for the Ontario government. And before that, Hillary was the deputy executive director of 18F, a digital services agency in the US federal government that she helped to create back when she was a Presidential Innovation Fellow in 2013.

    Hillary is a great example of someone who thought she was headed to a long term career in Silicon Valley, found herself in a public sector role, and then fell in love with the impact that she could make in government.

    Related Links

    US Digital ResponseCode for Canada

    Watch on YouTube

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=o9QD4bfPP64

  • How do we get stuff done? If there’s a broader theme for this season of the podcast, it’s that. How do we get unstuck from the mud that we seem to be in, and get on with actually realizing our digital ambitions in government?

    It would be easy to chase the next big digital technology. But this episode we're talking about why need to pay attention to the "plumbing." We have to think about the underlying infrastructure and the need to make upfront investments to identify and fix the deep structural problems in government that prevent us from achieving the ambitious vision of what a modern government should look like. It’s the unsexy, behind the scenes things that really holds us back.

    Joining us this week to talk about this is Honey Dacanay. She is the Director-General of Policy and Performance at the Office of the Government of Canada’s Chief Information Officer at Treasury Board Secretariat. She joined the federal government in 2019 taking on roles initially in the Canada School of Public Service and then Service Canada, bringing her experience from serving in the Province of Ontario where she was one of the co-founders of the Ontario Digital Service. She’s also a Professor of Practice at McMaster University where she teaches about digital government in their Master of Public Policy in a Digital Society program. And in 2019 Honey was named one of Apolitical’s 100 Most influential people in Digital Government.

    Watch on Youtube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKiN8I72K0

    Chapters

    00:04 Introduction and Welcome

    02:45 Honey Dacanay

    04:31 The Need for Upfront Investment in Digital Teams

    18:33 Teaching the Next Generation of Leaders

    20:36 The Importance of Public Administration in Digital Transformation

    29:55 Closing Remarks and Reflections

  • Can government do the things that it says it is going to do? One of the hardest things that public servants have to do is implement and it gets to the heart of a state's capacity to deliver. In the digital era, that means being able to deliver digitally. And when we think about state capacity in this context, it often seems that we find our institutions coming up short.

    State capacity is something that this week's guest has thought a lot about. Jennifer Pahlka is a leading figure in the digital government movement in the United States, and recently authored a new book, "Recoding America: Why Government is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better."

    (See below on how to enter a draw for a free copy!)

    Jennifer served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the US Government under President Obama’s Administration where she helped to create the United States Digital Service. She is also the founder and former executive director of Code for America which she led for 10 years. More recently she co-founded and is Chair of the Board of Directors for the United States Digital Response, which was a new organization that was set up to help governments respond to the COVID-19 crisis through mobilizing volunteer tech talent. 

    She spoke to Ryan at the FWD50 Conference in November about why governments seem to find themselves in a crisis of implementation and delivery regardless of partisan stripe. They also talk about ways to get unstuck, and stay motivated, including a really heartwarming end to the interview where Jennifer talks about what to do when we are feeling demoralized and that change is never going to come.  

    Enter a draw to win a free copy of Recoding America!

    If you'd like to get a copy of Recoding America, sign up to the Think Digital newsletter by December 22, 2023 at 11:59pm ET and you'll be entered into a draw to receive a free copy! Anyone who is signed up to the newsletter by the deadline is eligible.

    Go to letsthinkdigital.ca to sign up!

    Watch the Episode on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuTzJ7LtiiY

    Chapters

    00:04 Introduction and Welcome

    03:15 Interview with Jennifer Pahlka

    05:20 The Importance of State Capacity in Government

    06:24 Policy vs. Implementation

    09:38 Key Takeaways from Recoding America

    15:36 The Role of Political Leadership

    24:20 Are Our Systems of Democratic Governance Still Fit for Purpose?

    28:23 Commonalities Across Jurisdictions

    32:19 The Role of Civic Tech in Government

    37:41 Don't Give Up

    38:55 Closing Remarks and Book Giveaway Announcement

  • We're back for Season 2! This week, we have Sean Boots, an open government manager and a veteran of digital transformation efforts in the Canadian federal government. In this conversation we talk about how we seem to be stuck in the mud on our digital transformation journey, and Sean's recent presentation at the FWD50 conference and open letter to the Clerk of the Privy Council that lays out his radical (but implementable) ideas that would make the public service better equipped to handle the challenges of today and tomorrow.

    Watch on YouTube

    https://youtu.be/9qI1R9Z2ouM

    Related Links

    To the Clerk, and friends (Sean Boots' open letter)Revolution, not evolution, for federal public service delivery (Sean Boots FWD50 talk)Chief information officer Catherine Luelo resigns from job revamping federal tech (Policy Options)What Canada can learn from Ukraine about digital services for citizens (Aaron Snow / Ottawa Citizen)Customer service a new concept for Canada’s Immigration Department (Toronto Star)Byte-Sized Progress: Assessing Digital Transformation in the Government of Canada (The Dais)Overview of the Government’s Digital Service Transformation (Parliamentary Budget Office)

    00:05 Introduction and Season One Recap

    01:31 Ryan's Thoughts on the Current State of Digital Government

    06:23 Introducing this Week's Guest: Sean Boots

    07:46 Interview with Sean Boots

    24:00 Why Leaders Need to Have Digital Competency

    31:18 Sean's Wildest Ideas

    34:49 Reflections on the Canadian Digital Service

    43:23 Staying Optimistic

    45:09 Conclusion

  • On June 16, we had a special livestream to celebrate the conclusion of Season 1 of Let's Think Digital! Listen to the Think Digital team to talk about how social media has been changing our world, the future of work, and reflections on the previous episodes. We also took some audience Q&A.

    Thanks to Mike Kujawski, Rebecca Hollett, Mel Han, Aislinn Bornais, Meghan Hellstern, Jen Schellinck, Mike Gifford, Nilufer Erdebil, and Wayne Chu for appearing. 

    Watch on YouTube

    https://youtube.com/live/lGNJ1zHXM78

    Related Links

    Open source and accessibility: How we can make government digital services available to everyoneCatch-up on Season One of Let’s Think Digital!
  • This week, Meghan Hellstern, Trainer and Facilitator with Think Digital, co-hosts with Ryan and reflects on her time at the 2023 Code for America Summit in Washington, D.C! In this episode, we hear about how digital transformation is as much about people, as it is technology.

    Big thanks to Hillary Hartley, Dorothy Eng, Ariel Kennan, Amanda Renteria, Karina Rider, Natalie Talis, and Luke Simcoe for taking time out of their busy conference to sit and reflect with Meghan.

    Related Links

    Code for America Summit

    Watch the Episode on YouTube

    https://youtu.be/pCdCmpYAamY

  • Over the past decade it seems like countless innovation labs have sprung up inside of government. But do they really work? Sometimes innovation and government can seem like a contradiction in terms. This week, Ryan co-hosts with Think Digital Associate, Nick Scott, to dig deep into not only the ways that governments themselves can become more innovative, but why government might actually be necessary for innovation to flourish.

    Joining Ryan and Nick to explore this topic is Alex Ryan, Co-founder and CEO of Synthetikos. Alex has a tremendous breadth of experience having previously ran innovation labs in the United States, Alberta, and most recently, serving as Vice President of the Solutions Lab at MaRS in Toronto. He talks about what he has learned during his years of experience helping government and the social sector harness innovation, his belief that government can in fact be innovative, and how government is the ultimate opportunity to do innovation at scale.

    If you ever have wanted to learn about what these things called innovation labs really are, what they are good for (and what they aren't), this is the episode for you!

    Related Links

    What I learned from 5 years on MaRS - Blog post by Alex RyanObservatory of Public Sector Innovation - OECD websiteRegistration link for GovMaker Conference - June 14, 2023, Fredericton, NBRegistration link for Alex Ryan and Nick Scott workshop: Mission Possible: Mission-Oriented Innovation for 21st Century Challenges - June 15, 2023, Fredericton, NBThe GovMaker Podcast

    Watch the Episode on YouTube

    https://youtu.be/VTJ04otR-y0

  • This episode, we go deep and talk about everything you need to know about artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models like ChatGPT, and big data in the government context.

    Our first guests are Jen Schellinck, Associate at Think Digital and CEO of Sysabee, and John Stroud, who runs an initiative with Jen called AI Guides. Jen and John will introduce you to AI basics and buzzwords.

    Next we look to the future with Cecilia Tham, CEO and Founder of Futurity Systems, to talk about where we could be heading as a society with AI in ways we can only start to imagine.

    Third, Shingai Manjengwa, Founder of Fireside Analytics, will join us to chat AI risks, mitigations, and frameworks to use AI in responsible and ethical ways.

    And finally, we have a preview of a research report that we are publishing next month that explores how governments around the world are approaching the governance of artificial intelligence. Jacob Danto-Clancy and Bryce Edwards from the Think Digital team join us to share some insights from their work on this project.

    Related Links

    Building an interspecies economy via the Plantiverse (from Futurity Systems)Intense - a quarterly lifestyle magazine from 2030.  All the images were made by Midjourney and co-written with GPT. (from Futurity Systems)Futurity Science Tools, a data-driven platform for futures intelligence (from Futurity Systems)If ChatGPT was a colleague... - blog post by Shingai Manjengwa

    Watch the Episode on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9UJsa6BeA

  • On this episode we talk about the human factors that can prevent and enable digital government innovation. We start with Alistair Croll, Founder and Content Chair of FWD50, and the results of their 2023 Digital Government Content Survey. There's some really interesting results about what digital government practitioners are seeing as priorities, and the challenges they face in pushing through innovation within their organizations.

    We then talk with Nilufer Erdebil, Founder and CEO of Spring2 Innovation and an Associate at Think Digital, who talks about her new book, "Future Proofing by Design". She talks about the importance of design thinking, not just as a methodology, but as a way of approaching problem solving in government that can make your life, the lives of citizens, and even your boss' life, easier.

    Related Links

    FWD50 2023 Digital Government Content Survey ResultsFuture Proofing by Design, by Nilufer Erdebil

    Watch the Video Version of the Episode

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXVsrNi_al8

  • This week on Let's Think Digital we tackle the idea that government organizations are slow and resistant to change, and explore the idea that digital innovation is a necessary skill set for public servants to learn. Joining Ryan is Robyn Scott, the CEO and Co-founder of Apolitical, a global learning platform dedicated to supporting public servants in building 21st century governments that work for people and the planet. Robyn shares her insights on the types of skill sets public servants need to learn, the challenges of transformation in government, and the importance of connecting with peers from around the world.

    Visit Apolitical and learn about their training and learning community supports.

    Watch the Video Version of the Episode

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCJnylmJn_Y

  • Unlike in the private sector, governments don't choose their users. That's why even more important in the public sector to make sure that technology and digital transformation efforts work for everyone. It doesn’t matter how innovative or efficient digital technology can be for public institutions if the implementation of those actively exclude people from accessing and benefiting from public services and assets.

    That’s why principles like accessibility, sustainability and openness are so important when we think about digital transformation.

    Joining Ryan to talk about this is Mike Gifford, an Associate with Think Digital, and a Senior Strategist at CivicActions, a technology consultancy that helps government deliver better public services through modern technology and design.

    Watch the Video Version of the Episode

    https://youtu.be/rmO5T7zQtU4

  • Government procurement. For some, you might think of scandals, like the recent controversy about the amount of money spent on developing the ArriveCan app, or the sponsorship scandal in the early 2000s. For others procurement is that boring, sometimes frustrating process when contracting for services. But the reality is that how governments procure is fundamental to its ability to undertake digital transformation projects.

    To talk about this, we are so happy to have joining us Dr. Amanda Clarke, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Digital Government, Data Governance, and Civic Technology at Carleton University. Learn more about the research that Dr. Clarke and her team have been undertaking about federal government procurement in Canada at: https://govcanadacontracts.ca

    Watch the Video Version of the Episode

    https://youtu.be/zvIrRl-SBHQ

  • Ryan travels to Dubai for the World Government Summit, an annual event that brings together leaders in government and industry from around the world, looking at issues related to digital transformation, futurism, sustainable development and other topics that are of interest to policy makers around the world.

    Appearing on this episode as part of hallway conversations during the Summit are some amazing guests:

    Pooja Warier Hamilton - Chief Partnerships Officer, ApoliticalGiulio Quaggiotto - Innovation Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office, UAEAaron Snow - Fellow, Georgetown University Beeck Center for Social Impact and InnovationBarbara Ubaldi - Head of Digital Government and Data Unit, OECDSimonida Subotic - Former Deputy Secretary for Economic Development, State of New York

    Watch the Video Version of the Episode

    https://youtu.be/aLYT-F5CQPM

  • Everyone is talking about the metaverse, but what is it actually, and what does it mean for digital government and the public sphere? How is it different from the promises of virtual reality made in the 1990s? In this episode, host Ryan Androsoff talks to Jen Schellinck, an expert in data science and artificial intelligence, and Meghan Hellstern, a user experience and human-centered design specialist to break through the hype.

    Read more about how Ryan, Meghan, and Jen have been using Virtual Reality in the Digital Executive Leadership Program that they run with the Institute on Governance.

    Cold Open Source: ABC News Primetime Live

    Watch the Video Version of the Episode

    https://youtu.be/bCobtVf_7yw