Roadmap
Celebrate success
Attend to the negative
Organisational story telling
Imagine
Renaissance
The six pillars
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Celebrate success
The glass is half full
Culture is problematic
Reform is ‘safe’
Need a full picture of culture
So a renaissance is needed
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Organisational story telling
The ATO example
Good in themselves
But are corporatised
The untold stories
They don’t enter the record
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Imagine a public service . . .
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Where Individuals suffer
Risk aversion is common
Fear is common
Uncertainty is common
Doubt is common
Assets and liabilities
Many intellectual assets
Great people
Cautious approach to reform
Read tape and fear
Lack of trust in our people
Misalignment
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The six pillars
Freedom of information
Professional responsibility
Social responsibility
Freedom of expression
Public service
Open and safe disclosure
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Open and safe disclosure
Public service culture app
Disclose untold stories
Rate organisational culture
Submission guidelines
Open and transparent
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So the question is . . .Why not provide a means for public servants to submit their raw organisational stories and rate their agencies according to specific cultural attributes?
The attributes rated should be those that help us move forward and shift the culture to one more amenable to smart government.
Submission guidelines could be prepared to support people with their stories being viewable by all public servants.
The culture rating should be available for all to see.
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