What Is the Nature of Open Innovation?

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The idea of open innovation is very powerful. The first mover, the first person who builds that ecosystem get to ultimately decide whether theyare a benevolent or non benevolent dictator. That kind of force is the project leader to be more inclusive and also allows for more devicicy. What was it that brought them aroundo recognizing these demands? It's the election of 20 14, which was a mayor election. Thereis at least two mayors who explicitly run on open government platform. And there is many other ameri candidates that didn't quite say, open government is my number one priority,. But they at least supported open government, radical transparency and also the occupied movement.

[This episode originally aired on July 23rd, 2020.] Imagine a world where every country has a digital minister and technologically-enabled legislative bodies. Votes are completely transparent and audio and video of all conversations between lawmakers and lobbyists are available to the public immediately. Conspiracy theories are acted upon within two hours and replaced by humorous videos that clarify the truth. Imagine that expressing outrage about your local political environment turned into a participatory process where you were invited to solve that problem and even entered into a face to face group workshop.

Does that sound impossible? It’s ambitious and optimistic, but that's everything that our guest this episode, Audrey Tang, digital minister of Taiwan, has been working on in her own country for many years. Audrey’s path into public service began in 2014 with her participation in the Sunflower Movement, a student-led protest in Taiwan’s parliamentary building, and she’s been building on that experience ever since, leading her country into a future of truly participatory digital democracy.