What is the key to driving digital transformation in government?
“We all have to find a way to empower the front lines,” Kerry Purcell, IBM’s Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand, said.
“Whether it’s a country where you have people engaging with citizens, or whether it’s a government agency trying to address health issues with aged care, whatever it might be, attacking it from the front lines and empowering those closest to the customer or the citizen is the single biggest takeaway for me.”
That’s Purcell’s takeaway from The Mandarin/IBM event Public Leadership In The Digital Era at the University of Canberra last month, where a series of Australian leaders and international experts discussed digital disruption and the preparedness of governments to match the expectations of its citizens.
In conversation with The Mandarin publisher Tom Burton, Purcell discusses the key points from the event and what the future holds for digital leadership in government …
