Oct. 2013 UPDATE: You may also be interested in this post which delves a little deeper into the idea of public service culture and Gov 2.0.
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I am preparing to facilitate a workshop on overcoming cultural roadblocks to Web 2.0 at the Social Media in Government conference in Ottawa on Sept 27-03. As part of the background for the discussion, I am trying to synthesize three things.
- A working definition of culture
- A description of the existing and emergent culture in Public Service (Federal, Provincial and Municipal)
- A description of a future culture that we can aspire to create within our sphere’s of influence.
We have had some twitter exchanges about #2 and to provide a little more detail for those that are interested, here are 4 early stage slides for your perusal and comment.
I look forward to exploring this area with you.
Also if you mention my name or code SPK you can save $400 on the conference.
Thom,
I’m be interested to know how you answer the culture piece. I’m presently researching and writing a paper on SM (effects)on Military Culture and it’s the culture piece that is most difficult to pin down..
Have fun and stay curious, Ralph
Agreed the culture thing is tough to pin down. Marketers play in this space a lot and I hope to be able to transfer some of that knowledge into relevant approaches to influencing PS organizational cultures. I will keep everyone posted as iterations develop.