Digital and Societal Transformation ideas-expertise-proces

I am sharing with you this opinion written during the month of public innovation in France #moisdelinnovationpublique The opinion relates a lot what TOKVIL innovation lab is standing for. - learning of new methods like design thinking, co-construction, user centered design; - innovation in the organisation and internal bottlenecks. The article further notes the big game changers : digital and user centricity. In terms of internal public service culture it shows that a risk culture needs to be created: learn to fail and learn from it. This can go trough integrating day to day methods like design thinking, co-construction, user centricity. It is here that a public innovation lab comes in , as a tool to derisk the change in public culture, and integrate the risk element in a by default risk averse environment. Want to know more? Contact info@tokvil.Be

 The least to say is that the event space is in turmoil due to covid-19: strict travel measures trade fairs and conferences are cancelled. The content and format is moved online and we are in a clear transition phase for the moment. Seems that we are not yet completely there yet in online, mimicking offline experiences in an online world (and it does not match) and at the same time not using to the best the new medium of online in its possibilities to move away from a linear structure to a circular one?  In a longer term the purpose of exhibitions as a trade fair (meeting people, setting up confidence and business)  will need to be re-evalued, also as a lot of things have moved online. So here end of October 2020 my stake as a user. 'can u hear me?' 'your mic is still of' 'I will restart the computer' Invited speakers should not test their audio settings when starting up a conversation;   solution : the organisation needs to have for example a dedicated breakout...

 Happy to launch a training and facilitation session with Artsquare Lab in Luxembourg in November 2020.   Why did I create this program? The rapid deterioration of planet earth does not leave much time for business to react, as doing nothing will come at a high cost for humanity, nature and business itself.   Focusing on creating a shared value for society creates business opportunities for companies.  Unlike philanthropy or CSR - the outside in look and shared value does not minimise the effects of business on society but maximises the competitive value of solving social problems for new customers and markets.  At the end it is about creating a lasting positive impact on society through your company activities.  The SDG framework wil be used as a starting point. Te training, 17H SDG's focused program,  is aimed at companies that want to create a positive impact on society and need guidance to start The program will be a mix of content, metho...

 I picked up the doughnut economics book at the airport of Copenhagen a few years ago. It took me some time to understand and digest the reading.  Basically Kate Raworth is showing that the underlying assumptions of our current economic models based on growth are flawed. Instead she refers to an economy that needs to develop within the borders of human dignity (inner circle) and planetary boundaries (outer circle); Tha'ts how she came up with the model dubbed doughnut economics.   There is a link with SDGS, but the basic change is SDG8, where Kate refutes the word growth as it has been eating up the planet multiple times and has put strain on human dignity. Some innovative cities have started last year to work with her team, to start introducing the donut principles in their own city, eg Amsterdam .  This donut coalition so far focuses on citizen involvement and looks at moving local economy from a linear to a circular one.  The complete model is explaine...

After several months of online activity, TOKVIL public innovation lab is happy to announce it has found a spot to tet out physical workshops.  The temporary space 1,5 at CCN North Station. The launch of activities is foreseen on 9/10 at 12H30 For organisational reasons do not forget to register here   What will it be about? The lab aims to provide a safe space for innovation for the public services, linked to societal transition; this thanks to facilitation by knowledgeable partners, designers and proces facilitators. Het overheidsinnovatielab TOKVIL biedt een veilige omgeving voor interne overheidsinnovatie met maatschappelijke relevantie dankzij begeleiding door domein experten, designers en procesfacilitatoren. Le laboratoire d’innovation publique TOKVIL propose un environnement cocon d’innovation interne de service public lié à la transition sociétale, grâce à un accompagnement par des experts métier, designers et facilitateurs du processus.

 T here is a Government, a Belgian government. After a quick read of the governmental declaration , here what I have found that is relevant for the digital and societal transition. The transition can be found in different aspects: - the public services reform and need to become more horizontal and digital; a focus on health and justice - ecological transition - democratic transition with increased forms of citizen involvement - openess to new forms of organisation like cooperativ es, entreprise libérée 1. public services the COVID19 was an eyeopener it seems on the inadequacy of the organisation of public services. An important chapter looks at health and social security reform that I will not detail here. In terms of administrative improvements, a serious effor will take place to rationalise administative structures (fusion, work on horizontal alignment, new budgets,...) The word 'hackaton' is used to look at ways to improve health services. The government (note : finally) r...

 Une bonne écoute, bienveillante L'enfant pose souvent la question pourquoi. Les adultes lui donnent une réponse approprié ou pas. Une bonne écoute post-confinement ? On peut apercevoir une   accélération de phénomènes comme la digitalisation.   Cela implique un apprentissage des outils par des nouveaux groupes qui n'étaient pas en ligne ; et des séquelles psychologiques qui en suivent de cet apprentissage pour les autres (attaques personnelles, bullying,…) Le   perfectionnement d'utilisation d'outils de ciblage grâce à l’AI et les réseaux sociaux sert   les   groupuscules qui divisent pour régner, propagent la haine, et utilisent le ciblage marketing des plateformes pour leur fins. Une société éclatée C'est chaque   secteur/ organisation qui crie le plus qui est écouté et qui passe en force dans les mesures de déconfinement (exemple: le secteur du foot pro).   C'est normal donc que pas mal de personnes ne se sentent pas écoutée ...

On 26th of August the Brussels recreational bike node network bikenode.brussels was launched. This as a follow-up to the citizen driven initiative over this Corona summer of 2020. As inititiator and facilitator of this project, I am really proud of this collective effort. And proud to have contributed to the following SDGS: SDG 11 - a biker citizen initiative to create a digital infrastructure of 252 km. SDG 8 - creating impact on the transition towards slow tourism, and revenue income from local tourism                                         SDG 3 - providing the Brussels citizens a healthy recreational path of thousands of                                         combinations of recreational paths and link with the other provinces.

Happy to facilitate the TOKVIL public innovation meetups taking place at 1,5 public innovation lab as of next month. After a general round-up of participants, we introduced the topic of silos. Defined as : • Insufficient intersectoral cooperation, coordination and conflict resolution mechanisms within the public sector • Insufficient mechanisms for participation of relevant stakeholders in the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies And expertise was shared to understand how we have arrived at these silos and why a modern public management should get rid of it. Slides and content on this blog: https://info699291.wixsite.com/website/post/tokvil-9-silos Stay tuned. Next meetup is foreseen on 24 September 12-14 and we will gather testimonials on public innovation labs.

  I am very proud to be one of the co-organisers of a bottom-up cycling network in the Brussels region, based on the famous dotnodes or point noeud - fietsknooppunt. Starting in mid-July several teams will draw cycling routes, these will be put together with nodes and interlinked with the nodes of the surrounding province of Vlaams Brabant. The end result will be a digital cycling node network for the Brussels region available in open data, made by the citizens, for the citizens. Check out the BXLdotnode site here.

New normal  Hallo beste kleinkinderen, In het midden van de Corona COVID19  crisis op 6 mei 2020 heb ik mijn 20 jarig huwelijk gefeest van 1 uur  gebruikmakend van het dan populaire video-ZOOM platform  Ik ging met mijn vrouw langs in virtuele tafels  om iedereen te begroeten.  Het leek allemaal nog leuk en iedereen beloofde dat er na Corona periode veel  champagne zou vloeien. Tijd om even stil te staan wat er sinds die ZOOM sessie, 20 jaar geleden  gebeurd is.  De eerste Covid  patienten opname curve was aan het afzwakken en iedereen sprak over het ‘nieuwe normaal’ met een jeugdig  enthousiasme om de draad van het leven weer op te pikken zoals ervoor, zonder fysische afstanden. In juni 2020 bleek het Corona virus niet echt verdwenen te zijn , en de vroegere  eengemaakte Schengen  reiszone werd een lappendeken van veilige en niet veilige zones; toegang tot die zones was enkel  mogelijk via gemilitarise...

What the post apartheid reconciliation in South Africa learns us for the new normal in post-covid period. Happy Freedom day! On the 27th of April 1994 the first general democratic elections in South Africa paved way for a definitive closing of the Apartheid period.  The transition from an Apartheid regime to a democracy with general elections lasted 5 years ( from the liberation of Nelson Mandela in February 1989 till the elections on 27th of April) Systemic design analysis I have learned  the systemic design toolkit ( https://www.systemicdesigntoolkit.org/ ) invented by Belgian company Namahn, as a holistic structure to trace back these 5 years, and the decisive elements that have paved the way to a democracy.  This route was full of personal 1-1 leader talks, personalities , alignments,  internal battling, mournings, forgiveness, reconciliations,  violence and individual sorrow.  It was an interesting exercise to try to map these five years...