John Seely Brown interviewed at Gov 2.0 Summit 2010
summary
Argues that decades‑old ERP code—often 40‑year legacy systems—locks government into push‑models and blocks radical change, and proposes treating government as government as a platform so external developers and citizens can build apps; cites the iPhone example leading to 145,000 apps and says cloud access lets agencies experiment cheaply (spin up processors, fail fast), use challenge grants to tap collective wisdom, and shift toward rapid iteration and learning.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Government 2.0 challenges
- 1:04IT barriers to innovation
- 2:27Legacy ERP systems push
- 3:09Government as a platform
- 4:58Collective wisdom for solutions
- 6:40Overcoming public distrust
- 8:06Learning agile government
- 10:13Platform governance bipartisan
- 12:37Framing questions over answers
