bos2015 - sarah allen – co-founder, mightyverse, 18f

What is your software saying…

…behind your back? Sarah Allen @ultrasaurus

a is for apple: derekb

errorwallofshame.tumblr.com

Cobbler: Valerie Hinojosa

2wid: [darjeeling. india]

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– Onora O’Neill

“Trustworthiness before trust.”

reliable

competent

honest

context

intention

freedom

create shared understanding

context

discover the story

intention

empower people

freedom

theory of change

Increased collaboration will lead to a more efficient & responsive government.

Hypothesis

US Government 2.7 millionWalmart 2.1 million China National Petroleum Corp. 1.6 million State Grid Corporation of China 1.5 million Indian Railways 1.4 million

Top 5 Employers in the World

private & public sector, excluding military

only 35% of federal employees believe creativity & innovation

are rewarded.

2014 Employee Viewpoint Survey

only 35% of federal employees believe creativity & innovation

are rewarded.

2014 Employee Viewpoint Survey

2.7M civilian employees

almost 1 million federal employees believe creativity & innovation

are rewarded.

"connect with that special task to learn something new, meet new people or feel like you are part of a bigger group”

"Government is huge, how can it be that no one has the skills or not enough people?”

"cool people doing cool things”

"the opportunity to really network and find out who is doing different things, using different tools, if there is something I want to do in my

program, I have people to go to who have done that”

a really good toolbox: lot of resources, people and programs

set intelligent defaults

be explicit

use their words

be empowering

envision an alternate reality

suspension of disbelief

empower people

Sarah Allen sarah@ultrasaurus.com

ultrasaurus

thank you