collaboration :: cooperation :: coordination

Citizen Innovation:
Harnessing collaboration for service delivery,
legislation and policy development.




Darren Sharp, Senior Consultant
Twitter: @dasharp

24 June 2009 :: Web 2.0 in Government Conference :: Sydney
Company Profile

• Collabforge was formed in 2007
• Web strategy and IT development for
    collaborative engagement
•   Collaboration process improvement: analysis and
    integration of best practice tools and process
•   Experience in delivering mission critical,
    high-profile Gov 2.0 initiatives
User-led Innovation

• The rise of participatory culture
    - production/consumption
    - professional/amateur
    - work/leisure

• Related to ‘peer production’                  Image: NESTA

• Crowdsourcing - distributed problem-solving
User-led Innovation

• As it becomes easier to connect,
   communicate and share it also becomes
   easier to create and co-create
• Sources of innovation are shifting
• Leveraging the participation of:
   - audiences
   - customers
   - users
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
Citizen Innovation

• Process of collective activity between:
   - citizens and;
   - government agencies
   - public sector organisations
   - public servants
   - policy makers
   - elected representatives/legislators
3Cs of Collective Activity

              Collective
                                               Process                          Output
               Activity
                                                                            patterns across
                                     disparate elements pulled
              Coordination                                                disparate elements
                                       into a relational space
                                                                            become visible
                                        individuals comply to
                                                                         aggregated value of
              Cooperation                  process / set of
                                                                       individual contributions
                                             instructions
                                       participants of a group           co-created innovation
              Collaboration          add/edit/deletes same pool          representing a shared
                                              of content                     understanding


Elliott, Dr Mark Alan (2007) Stigmergic Collaboration: A Theoretical Framework for
Mass Collaboration. PhD thesis, University of Melbourne.
The real promise of Gov 2.0

• Using ‘citizen innovation’ to harness the expertise
   of people who use:
   - public sector data
   - public services
   - government policy
   - legislation
Sounds good: when do we get some?


   Citizen innovation is already here.
    It’s just not evenly distributed.

          Thanks William Gibson!
User-led Innovation




Google’s Victorian Bushfires Map
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
Power Now

• Sharing p2p resources
   - physical, tactical, digital, social
• Decentralised coordination/cooperation/collaboration
   - grass-roots, bottom-up and emergent
• Collective intelligence
   - distributed, real-time, always-on
• Self-organisation
   - group-forming, weak ties, exponential scaling
Service Design & Delivery
Planning
Policy Development
Drafting of Legislation
Roadmap for Citizen Innovation

 1) Identify lead citizens
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation




      Tom Wood
Roadmap for Citizen Innovation

 1) Identify lead citizens
 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs
User-led Innovation
Roadmap for Citizen Innovation

 1) Identify lead citizens
 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs
 3) Build user communities
User-led Innovation
User-led Innovation
Roadmap for Citizen Innovation

 1) Identify lead citizens
 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs
 3) Build user communities

 4) Reward collective activity
User-led Innovation
Roadmap for Citizen Innovation

 1) Identify lead citizens
 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs
 3) Build user communities

 4) Reward collective activity

 5) Engage in genuine co-creation activities
User-led Innovation
Summary

• The rise of participatory culture
   - social web makes it easy to connect, share & co-create
• Citizen Innovation
   - process of collective activity (the 3Cs)
• Gov 2.0 : thinking and acting strategically
   - collaborate with the people who use your services
• The nature of power has shifted
   - distributed, emergent, self-organising and non-linear
• Gov needs to be agile and amplify its role as enabler
   - become a trusted partner in citizen innovation
Thank you!

   Darren Sharp, Senior Consultant
   +61 (0)419 314 655
   Darren.Sharp@Collabforge.com
   Twitter: @dasharp

Citizen Innovation

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    collaboration :: cooperation:: coordination Citizen Innovation: Harnessing collaboration for service delivery, legislation and policy development. Darren Sharp, Senior Consultant Twitter: @dasharp 24 June 2009 :: Web 2.0 in Government Conference :: Sydney
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    Company Profile • Collabforgewas formed in 2007 • Web strategy and IT development for collaborative engagement • Collaboration process improvement: analysis and integration of best practice tools and process • Experience in delivering mission critical, high-profile Gov 2.0 initiatives
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    User-led Innovation • Therise of participatory culture - production/consumption - professional/amateur - work/leisure • Related to ‘peer production’ Image: NESTA • Crowdsourcing - distributed problem-solving
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    User-led Innovation • Asit becomes easier to connect, communicate and share it also becomes easier to create and co-create • Sources of innovation are shifting • Leveraging the participation of: - audiences - customers - users
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    Citizen Innovation • Processof collective activity between: - citizens and; - government agencies - public sector organisations - public servants - policy makers - elected representatives/legislators
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    3Cs of CollectiveActivity Collective Process Output Activity patterns across disparate elements pulled Coordination disparate elements into a relational space become visible individuals comply to aggregated value of Cooperation process / set of individual contributions instructions participants of a group co-created innovation Collaboration add/edit/deletes same pool representing a shared of content understanding Elliott, Dr Mark Alan (2007) Stigmergic Collaboration: A Theoretical Framework for Mass Collaboration. PhD thesis, University of Melbourne.
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    The real promiseof Gov 2.0 • Using ‘citizen innovation’ to harness the expertise of people who use: - public sector data - public services - government policy - legislation
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    Sounds good: whendo we get some? Citizen innovation is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed. Thanks William Gibson!
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    Power Now • Sharingp2p resources - physical, tactical, digital, social • Decentralised coordination/cooperation/collaboration - grass-roots, bottom-up and emergent • Collective intelligence - distributed, real-time, always-on • Self-organisation - group-forming, weak ties, exponential scaling
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    Roadmap for CitizenInnovation 1) Identify lead citizens
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    Roadmap for CitizenInnovation 1) Identify lead citizens 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs
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    Roadmap for CitizenInnovation 1) Identify lead citizens 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs 3) Build user communities
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    Roadmap for CitizenInnovation 1) Identify lead citizens 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs 3) Build user communities 4) Reward collective activity
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    Roadmap for CitizenInnovation 1) Identify lead citizens 2) Provide access to open data, tools and APIs 3) Build user communities 4) Reward collective activity 5) Engage in genuine co-creation activities
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    Summary • The riseof participatory culture - social web makes it easy to connect, share & co-create • Citizen Innovation - process of collective activity (the 3Cs) • Gov 2.0 : thinking and acting strategically - collaborate with the people who use your services • The nature of power has shifted - distributed, emergent, self-organising and non-linear • Gov needs to be agile and amplify its role as enabler - become a trusted partner in citizen innovation
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    Thank you! Darren Sharp, Senior Consultant +61 (0)419 314 655 [email protected] Twitter: @dasharp