Government 2.0 whitepaper
This is the final version of the whitepaper on Government 2.0. Thanks for all the feedback which helped enrich this document. Please share freely.
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Trust Clouds
This is a whitepaper that my colleague Jeff Frazier wrote with the CEO of Swan Networks Charles Jennings. Its about Web 2.0 and public safety and how information flows are likely to have to start working in new ways if we are to grasp the opportunities of the Connected World.
Ageing well in a connected world (Point of view)
The economic and social implications of our ageing society continue to grow. This is unchartered territory for which - like other macro issues like climate change and globalisation - networked communication technologies will play a huge part in addressing effectively. Cisco's "Ageing Well" programme is addressing this premis; the attached POV outlines the considerations on which this work is based and is shared here f...
Digital Swarming
A few months back I was talking about the role of collective intelligence in generating higher quality, faster decisions. My discussion was focused on integrating social networking concepts and digital fabrics into engineering collaboration environments for large scale programs. The response of one individual – who I’ll call John - was: “great ideas, but I don’t buy the whole social networking thing. I mean if I listened to the mass social network I w...
The Connected Republic 2.0
This is the IBSG whitepaper Martin Stewart-Weeks and I wrote in the first half of 2007, setting out our vision for the public sector in a connected world. It updated the original Connected Republic paper to reflect the emergence of Web 2.0. I think it is wearing relatively well and thought it worth uploading given that it was the impulse that led to the creation of this site.