Why Open Innovation is important to drive change

Just finished a workshop with a team of leaders from public sector.  In my presentation material I had a picture of the wheels, building from the standard in powerpoint.  I went through the drivers in the innovation engine needed in public service, and was happy with my preperation and the dialouge in the room. Then I was pushed down from the mountain top of sucess, with a minor question.  Have you looked at the wheels ?  Yes. Well, can you tell me how that enigne will run, the wheels are wrong. This engine would crack up and not work.  And he was right. Take a look yourself, and start correcting your powerpoints, because this is borned out of standard figures.

How to get 15% ROI on investment in digitalization of public services- Look to Norway

The benefit realization report for the Altinn Program was published by Brønnøysund registrene in march 2011. The report has a developed methodology to investigate a potential benefit for a new public service. Then a number of new services are investigated, due to the fact they are in the pipeline to onboard the Altinn-engine.  Finally the numbers are aggregated to a national level. 

 

The Report documents that Norway will benefit more than € 1.5 billion in the period from 2010 to 2020 in an investment estimated to be € 0,5 billion. With a ROI more than 15% it is hard to find a better case on eGovernment anywhere else in the world.

 

For more information: http://www.altinn.no/