FutureGov founder Dominic Campbell on ‘Networking Government’
- Luke Fretwell · August 22, 2011, 4:27 pm
Excellent TEDxLondonBusinessSchool talk on open government by FutureGov founder Dominic Campbell.
Gov 2.0 Hero: Dominic Campbell
- Luke Fretwell · January 19, 2010, 6:43 am
Dominic Campbell, founder of FutureGov and TweetyHall, shares his thoughts on Gov 2.0., (is that what they call it?), in the UK.
What was your path to Gov 2.0?
I came to government straight out of university (I’d actually wanted to work in local government since I was 17, if can you believe it) where I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work my way around a local city council and poke, prod and challenge existing practice.
During this time, I was exposed to a wide range of public services and bodies and became very aware of the gap between image and reality surrounding people working in government. The vast majority are hard working, committed individuals who do it out of love and a real passion to change the world. But they are hindered all the way by bad management, poor leadership, a culture of risk aversion and blockers like awful IT systems that are made by robots for robots. I refused to believe things had to be this way.
How do you measure the value of Gov 2.0?
Creating sustainable, meaningful civic contributions to government is something I’ve addressed before, and it’s something that continues to elude us in the form of civic applications and hackathons, despite the overwhelming attention given to each.