Mark Abbott, Engineer's Without Borders Director of Talent just shared a great video with me that I thought I would share with all of you. The video is a TED Talk by Beth Noveck, former Whitehouse staff, and author of a great book called: Wiki Government.
Watch it here:
There are a number of points that Ms. Noveck brings up that I appreciate. The first is that she points out the importance of not stopping at 'open data.' She says that we cannot simply throw data out into the public space and expect something to happen - we need to combine it with participation to really make things happen.
The second point I really appreciate, is her line (probably badly trascribed by me) is we need to "combine the hierarchy of institutions with the chaos of networks." The potential of this is uber-exciting to me and is a space where a lot of attention is needed. How do we transform our institutions to meet networks in a space that is productive and how do we funnel the expertise and capabilities of networks to government?
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