Keynote : Inclusivity of Public Sector in the Tech Ecosystem - ASQ & US Government FIT Summit 2025
الملخص
TLDRThe speaker, with extensive experience in quality management and technology, discusses the transformative impact of emerging technologies on public sector organizations. They emphasize the need for these organizations to adapt to a rapidly changing technological landscape, highlighting the importance of a technology ecosystem that fosters collaboration among various stakeholders. The talk covers the evolution of governance models, the significance of inclusivity in technology, and the necessity for public sector organizations to embrace digital transformation to enhance service delivery and citizen engagement. The speaker also stresses the importance of developing new skills for the workforce to thrive in this evolving environment.
الوجبات الجاهزة
- 🚀 Technology enhances efficiency in public sector organizations.
- 🌍 Inclusivity is crucial for equitable access to technology.
- 🤝 Collaboration among stakeholders is key to a successful technology ecosystem.
- 📈 Public sector organizations must adapt to emerging technologies.
- 🔍 Gap analysis helps identify areas for improvement.
- 💡 New skills like emotional intelligence are essential for the future workforce.
- 📊 Governance models are evolving to support co-creation and inclusivity.
- 🏦 Successful examples include advancements in banking and telecommunications.
- 🌐 Digital transformation is necessary for better service delivery.
- 📅 Organizations should engage in continuous learning and adaptation.
الجدول الزمني
- 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
The speaker, an adjunct faculty member with extensive experience in quality management, discusses the role of technology in enhancing efficiency and inclusivity in public sector organizations. He highlights his background with the American Society for Quality and various international collaborations.
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Emerging technologies, including AI, IoT, and blockchain, have transformed industries globally, with the private sector adapting quickly. The speaker emphasizes the need for public sector organizations to catch up and adopt these technologies to remain relevant and effective.
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The concept of a technology ecosystem is introduced, where organizations collaborate and compete simultaneously. This ecosystem includes various stakeholders, and public sector organizations must engage with them to foster innovation and inclusivity.
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The speaker discusses the evolution of governance models in public sector organizations, emphasizing the importance of co-creation and stakeholder engagement in policy formulation and service delivery.
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Historically, public sector organizations focused on policy enforcement and standardization. However, they must now empower citizens and adapt to changing societal needs, ensuring fair treatment and access to services for all.
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The speaker stresses the need for public sector organizations to adopt technology and develop their ecosystems to remain competitive and support private sector growth. Examples from various countries illustrate successful initiatives in digital governance and AI adoption.
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Public sector organizations must engage with citizens and stakeholders to understand their needs and improve service delivery. The speaker advocates for a comprehensive public sector ecosystem that facilitates communication and collaboration across government levels.
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The importance of inclusivity in policy design is highlighted, ensuring that marginalized groups are considered in the development of new technologies and services. The speaker calls for laws that protect privacy and promote digital inclusion.
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The presentation concludes with a call to action for public sector leaders to assess their current capabilities, identify gaps, and develop strategies to enhance their organizations' effectiveness in the evolving technology landscape.
الخريطة الذهنية
فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة
What is the main focus of the talk?
The talk focuses on how technology enhances efficiency and inclusivity in public sector organizations.
What are some emerging technologies mentioned?
Emerging technologies include 3D printing, AI, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain.
How has the public sector adapted to technology?
The public sector has been slow to adapt but is now recognizing the need to engage with technology ecosystems.
What is a technology ecosystem?
A technology ecosystem involves collaboration among various stakeholders, including organizations, regulators, and users.
What is the significance of inclusivity in technology?
Inclusivity ensures that all socioeconomic groups have access to technology and its benefits.
What skills are important for the future workforce?
Skills such as emotional intelligence, creativity, and digital experience are crucial for the future workforce.
How can public sector organizations improve their services?
By adopting technology and engaging with stakeholders to understand their needs.
What is the role of governance in technology ecosystems?
Governance models in technology ecosystems focus on collaboration, co-creation, and inclusivity.
What examples of successful technology adoption in public sectors were mentioned?
Examples include improvements in banking, telecommunications, and taxation through digital technologies.
What is the importance of gap analysis for organizations?
Gap analysis helps organizations identify their current position and what they need to achieve their goals.
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- 00:00:10and adjunct faculty and I have been
- 00:00:13working with American Society for
- 00:00:15Quality now for almost 18 19 years and
- 00:00:20during all this time I have been
- 00:00:22supporting ASQ in various roles and
- 00:00:25capacities.
- 00:00:27I've been working with different
- 00:00:29divisions uh service quality innovation,
- 00:00:32customer supply division directly with
- 00:00:36TCC
- 00:00:37uh for publications.
- 00:00:39I also support ILE E as senior member.
- 00:00:43I'm also a a guest faculty at Technici
- 00:00:47University Munich Germany. also part of
- 00:00:51many other organizations
- 00:00:53and professionally I am a certified six
- 00:00:56sigma green belt black belt and
- 00:00:59certified manager of quality and
- 00:01:01organization excellence from ASQ.
- 00:01:05So today in my talk I'm going to touch
- 00:01:08upon three things. First let's talk
- 00:01:12about how technology is enabling
- 00:01:15uh high efficiency and effectiveness in
- 00:01:19public sector organizations.
- 00:01:22Secondly, I'll talk about how technology
- 00:01:25ecosystem can help particularly public
- 00:01:30sector in promoting inclusivity
- 00:01:33and for this very important focus would
- 00:01:37be on policy formulation and the
- 00:01:40governance model that public sector
- 00:01:42organizations are following upon.
- 00:01:45So ladies and gentlemen, we all know
- 00:01:48that different digital technologies
- 00:01:52uh that we have been calling emerging
- 00:01:54technologies and people call them as
- 00:01:57industry 4.0 technologies and industry
- 00:02:005.0 technologies they have taken over
- 00:02:03the world by storm over the last 15 16
- 00:02:06years. So today we know that in
- 00:02:10construction industry, in uh healthcare
- 00:02:14industry, in pharmaceutical industry,
- 00:02:17uh you name almost any industry you see
- 00:02:21this has been taken over by uh emerging
- 00:02:24technologies such as 3D printing,
- 00:02:27additive manufacturing,
- 00:02:30laser scanning, uh unmanned aerial
- 00:02:33vehicles, building information model,
- 00:02:35big data, robotics, process automation,
- 00:02:39cloud computing, cyber security,
- 00:02:41internet of things, blockchain,
- 00:02:43predictive modeling and different types
- 00:02:46of reality such as augmented, virtual,
- 00:02:50uh, multi- and exoskeleton.
- 00:02:53Then we have been talking about
- 00:02:55artificial intelligence and machine
- 00:02:57learning. Not to forget that industry
- 00:03:005.0 Z is an extension of these
- 00:03:03technologies to make them human centric
- 00:03:08and these have been mandated to benefit
- 00:03:11the workers society and human being at
- 00:03:15large with a special focus on
- 00:03:18sustainability and collaboration.
- 00:03:21So if I sum sum up the current situation
- 00:03:26around the world, we know that industry
- 00:03:294.0 0 and 5.0 have been largely adapted
- 00:03:33around the world. So starting from
- 00:03:36Europe and America covering Middle East
- 00:03:40uh Far East and other parts of the world
- 00:03:45including Australia, New Zealand but
- 00:03:48historically United States has been a
- 00:03:51leader in the development of these
- 00:03:54technologies. Although the industry 4.0
- 00:03:56zero word and the term originated from
- 00:03:59Germany in 2011.
- 00:04:03Uh due to the agile nature and rapid
- 00:04:08nature of change, private sector was
- 00:04:11quick to go under adaptation to take
- 00:04:14immediate benefit of these technologies.
- 00:04:17So the organizations who actually were
- 00:04:21early movers to these technologies, they
- 00:04:23were able to harvest the benefits of
- 00:04:27being market leader and they al also
- 00:04:30influenced the standardization and part
- 00:04:34of regulation activities around the
- 00:04:36world.
- 00:04:38And as we all know that public sector it
- 00:04:42was slow in adapt adapting these
- 00:04:44technologies and they took a lot of time
- 00:04:47in understanding what changes were on
- 00:04:50the way and how they should position
- 00:04:53themselves to regulate these
- 00:04:56technologies.
- 00:04:57one two how they should also become part
- 00:05:01of these technologies by adopting them
- 00:05:05and how the ecosystem was being shaped
- 00:05:08up. So in the last 15 years you see the
- 00:05:13world has changed not just in terms of
- 00:05:17developing the technologies and
- 00:05:20regulating the technologies and adopting
- 00:05:22them. We have something new which has
- 00:05:26emerged over the past few years and that
- 00:05:30we call technology ecosystem
- 00:05:34and this is a very important phenomena
- 00:05:37that we should take some time to
- 00:05:39understand.
- 00:05:41The organizations which were adopting
- 00:05:44these technologies
- 00:05:46at as the earliest players and they
- 00:05:50wanted to harness the benefits. They
- 00:05:53were able to engage many stakeholders
- 00:05:56into these technologies.
- 00:05:58Whether these were the end users,
- 00:06:02clients, customers,
- 00:06:05collaborators,
- 00:06:06distributors,
- 00:06:08content developers or suppliers.
- 00:06:12One way or the other, they were able to
- 00:06:15bring everyone into this ecosystem.
- 00:06:19And obviously regulator had no choices.
- 00:06:22public sector organization, they had to
- 00:06:24follow the suite. So this phenomena
- 00:06:28which today we call technology ecosystem
- 00:06:30is now operating everywhere.
- 00:06:34So when we talk about the tech joints,
- 00:06:37it is not about the organizations, it is
- 00:06:40about the ecosystem that they are
- 00:06:42driving. And this is like a gigantic
- 00:06:46supply chains. A traditional term that
- 00:06:49we use few years before.
- 00:06:53And in those days we used to have
- 00:06:55competitions.
- 00:06:57Today we have coopetitions.
- 00:06:59So organizations are collaborating and
- 00:07:02competing at the same time. And let's
- 00:07:06not forget that states,
- 00:07:10governments,
- 00:07:11regulators,
- 00:07:13organizations in the form of
- 00:07:15multinational, global organizations,
- 00:07:18small and medium enterprises. They have
- 00:07:22all joined hands together for this
- 00:07:24collaboration.
- 00:07:25Now, everyone wants to be on the main
- 00:07:28ride of this digital technologies
- 00:07:31ecosystem.
- 00:07:33So as a thought leadership framework I
- 00:07:36always talk about the ecosystem. It is
- 00:07:40not about a single technology or couple
- 00:07:42of technologies. All the technologies
- 00:07:45coexist and they work together. And the
- 00:07:49technology developers they are not just
- 00:07:52investing or developing one technology
- 00:07:55which historically become popular
- 00:07:58because of the reach of the people or
- 00:08:00the level of solution it is providing to
- 00:08:03the common folks like artificial
- 00:08:05intelligence.
- 00:08:07So in the technology ecosystem
- 00:08:10how the organizations which are
- 00:08:13orchestrating these ecosystems
- 00:08:16are you know moving forward.
- 00:08:19So for example you look at the number of
- 00:08:22stakeholders they are actually targeting
- 00:08:26and making them part of that ecosystem.
- 00:08:30That's number one.
- 00:08:32Number two, the level of awareness, the
- 00:08:37level of knowledge and the level of
- 00:08:39benefits that they are sharing with
- 00:08:41those stakeholders
- 00:08:44as part of cocreation. So now value is
- 00:08:47not being created by one organization.
- 00:08:51solution is not just being developed. A
- 00:08:53product is not just being developed. A
- 00:08:56service is not just being delivered as a
- 00:08:58push strategy to the clientels to the
- 00:09:03organizational
- 00:09:05uh clients or to the individual clients.
- 00:09:08So we need to understand the dynamics of
- 00:09:11the paradigms which are governing in
- 00:09:14these ecosystems.
- 00:09:16And following that a very important
- 00:09:18phenomena is the emergence of the
- 00:09:20governance model in those ecosystems.
- 00:09:23And we need to understand because the
- 00:09:26terms that we are using today for
- 00:09:28example crowdsourcing,
- 00:09:31crowdfunding, cocreation, co-opitation
- 00:09:35these have emerged as the
- 00:09:38characteristics of those governance
- 00:09:40models.
- 00:09:42If we particularly look at the public
- 00:09:45sector organizations, how their role is
- 00:09:49evolving over the period of time. So we
- 00:09:52see that historically they were mandated
- 00:09:57to formulate policies and enforce them
- 00:10:00using certain rules and regulations.
- 00:10:04They have also been pushing
- 00:10:07standardization activities, practices,
- 00:10:10promoting policies to have minimum
- 00:10:13acceptance levels, to have target
- 00:10:16service levels, to have target quality
- 00:10:18levels in order to promote the culture
- 00:10:21of quality and excellence. And obviously
- 00:10:25the public sector organizations in the
- 00:10:28form of regulators they were custodians
- 00:10:31of you know the small and medium
- 00:10:34enterprise the entrepreneurs
- 00:10:37so that they could create their position
- 00:10:40in the in in the bigger economy or
- 00:10:44economic picture of the countries.
- 00:10:48So
- 00:10:50because of all this dynamics we were
- 00:10:54able to have the rights of clients,
- 00:10:56customers, subscribers
- 00:10:59but these rights have not been limited
- 00:11:01to the conventional models. Today with
- 00:11:05the complete social engagement
- 00:11:08organizations or the orchestrators they
- 00:11:10have been able to empower the clients
- 00:11:13not only the staff they have been able
- 00:11:16to empower the subscribers
- 00:11:20even with the premium model where they
- 00:11:23offer some features free of cost and
- 00:11:26some features as paid. They are empower
- 00:11:29empowering the public at large to raise
- 00:11:32their voices to become part of ecosystem
- 00:11:36to become advocates to become word of
- 00:11:39mouth marketing because today one
- 00:11:42ecosystem is now you know competing
- 00:11:45against another ecosystem and still they
- 00:11:48are joining hands and they are
- 00:11:50collaborating for the sake of
- 00:11:52standardization for the sake of
- 00:11:55community code of practice and other
- 00:11:58things and for the public sector very
- 00:12:01important thing traditionally has been
- 00:12:03the citizenship
- 00:12:05the rights and the liabilities of the
- 00:12:08common citizen
- 00:12:10and they have been mandated by the
- 00:12:12constitution by the law and by the rules
- 00:12:15of business to ensure that there is a
- 00:12:18fair treatment there is transparency
- 00:12:21there is accountability and everyone has
- 00:12:25equal access to justice
- 00:12:28to health to drinking water to
- 00:12:31well-being to education to the job
- 00:12:34opportunities.
- 00:12:36So social welfare has always been on the
- 00:12:38top but very importantly the regulators
- 00:12:43and the public sector organizations they
- 00:12:46cannot remain spectators just watching
- 00:12:50everything and clapping and applaud
- 00:12:53giving applause to all those people who
- 00:12:56are everyday increasing the size of
- 00:12:59their ecosystems.
- 00:13:01And you see those corporates are taking
- 00:13:03over the economies.
- 00:13:07Even the size of some of the
- 00:13:10organizations in terms of revenue is
- 00:13:12more than the GDP of many developing
- 00:13:16countries. Just imagine that. So the
- 00:13:20regulators they have to play their part
- 00:13:23not in slowing down the ecosystem but to
- 00:13:27promoting it to the next levels.
- 00:13:31So the economy which have been
- 00:13:33characterized by the formation of
- 00:13:36corporations have been pushing
- 00:13:38investments have been pushing venture
- 00:13:40capitalism. They are also now for
- 00:13:43example in European Union uh for example
- 00:13:46in Middle East they are now also
- 00:13:48promoting entrepreneurship. They are
- 00:13:51promoting the connections between
- 00:13:54industry and academia which has
- 00:13:57originally been emanated from the United
- 00:13:59States that we call today industry and
- 00:14:02academia linkages.
- 00:14:05So in order to number one remain
- 00:14:09competent
- 00:14:12and maintain the leading position to
- 00:14:15guide the private sector. Public sector
- 00:14:18organizations
- 00:14:20themselves have to become s symbol of
- 00:14:23excellence and this cannot be just done
- 00:14:26by regulations. This cannot be just done
- 00:14:30by enforcements. This cannot be just
- 00:14:33done by posing penalties, fines,
- 00:14:36administrative, coercive, authoritative
- 00:14:39power. You have to give away power to
- 00:14:43get more power. So the public sector
- 00:14:47organizations, they have to adopt the
- 00:14:50technology. They have to develop their
- 00:14:52own ecosystems.
- 00:14:54Now this is not just a theoretical talk.
- 00:14:59There have been steps taken by certain
- 00:15:01governments and countries in different
- 00:15:04parts of the world. Yes, United States
- 00:15:06is one of them. European Union countries
- 00:15:10including United Kingdom is among those
- 00:15:13countries. Japan is doing a lot of
- 00:15:16initiatives. Uh you know uh South Korea
- 00:15:20is taking lot of initiatives. Singapore
- 00:15:23is the on the top of the list. If you
- 00:15:26look at the digital uh governance
- 00:15:29and the new uh stakeholder is Middle
- 00:15:33East, they are heavily invest investing
- 00:15:36in the future of AI. So you can look at
- 00:15:40the current visit of the president of
- 00:15:42the United States. There were
- 00:15:44commitments to the tones of hundreds of
- 00:15:46billion of dollars into artificial
- 00:15:48intelligence.
- 00:15:49If we talk about a United Arab Emirates,
- 00:15:52they have opened AI office. They have
- 00:15:55even appointed a minister for artificial
- 00:15:58intelligence. We see the same
- 00:16:01initiatives and same zealous commitments
- 00:16:05in other uh middle eastern countries. So
- 00:16:08this is very important when we talk of
- 00:16:11things like city boards which is a
- 00:16:14collaboration robot. We talk about smart
- 00:16:18cities. We talk about smart agriculture.
- 00:16:21Now private organizations or the
- 00:16:24corporate sector is pushing solutions
- 00:16:27but how the public sector would remain
- 00:16:30an inspiration to them. Right? it. The
- 00:16:34regulations, the rules of business even
- 00:16:37driving the public sector organizations
- 00:16:40is not one way because it is no
- 00:16:43ecosystem and this has resulted into new
- 00:16:48levels of awareness, new levels of
- 00:16:51knowledge, new levels of information
- 00:16:53system. So the public sector
- 00:16:56organizations cannot just remain
- 00:17:00contented and confined to the
- 00:17:02traditional information systems calling
- 00:17:05the digital service department to come
- 00:17:07and automate their systems so that they
- 00:17:10could connect they could see what are
- 00:17:13the submissions how to move the the
- 00:17:16tasks in the workflow how to remove the
- 00:17:20limbo and other things. So this has to
- 00:17:23go to the next level. So again we have
- 00:17:27to enable the public sector ecosystem
- 00:17:31and that is really required and this is
- 00:17:36not just for the sake of developing an
- 00:17:39ecosystem. This is a complete solution
- 00:17:42for the future. We talk about
- 00:17:45governmenttogoment transactions. We have
- 00:17:48listened to the very nice talk that
- 00:17:51people have delivered today and my other
- 00:17:53fellows are going to talk uh new things
- 00:17:56about uh you know the government to
- 00:17:59government and government to people and
- 00:18:01government to business and government to
- 00:18:03citizen and vice versa about having
- 00:18:06solutions. But how we are going to
- 00:18:09materialize this? How we are going to
- 00:18:12connect those systems? What are the new
- 00:18:16data standards? Are we going to again
- 00:18:19push those classical information
- 00:18:21security systems, those classical uh
- 00:18:25relational database management systems?
- 00:18:27Are we are gearing up to go to the next
- 00:18:30levels by understanding the ecosystem
- 00:18:34technologies, not one technology, not
- 00:18:38two technologies. know now today we know
- 00:18:41that even the kids have information on
- 00:18:44their fingertips on the handset that
- 00:18:47they carry all the time. So it is now
- 00:18:51very important for the people sitting in
- 00:18:55the public sector making policies to
- 00:18:58understand what policy they come up with
- 00:19:01how it is going to achieve the desired
- 00:19:03results. Right? Another part policing,
- 00:19:08community policing,
- 00:19:11security, social security,
- 00:19:14transportation, health care. If the
- 00:19:17private and corporate sector can use
- 00:19:20them to offer novel solutions,
- 00:19:23a lot of cheap and economical gadgets,
- 00:19:27why not
- 00:19:29public sector use this to come up with
- 00:19:34such robust policies which would follow
- 00:19:37agile methodologies. For example, take
- 00:19:40Japan. They are using it for the sake of
- 00:19:43flexibility, transparency,
- 00:19:45accountability.
- 00:19:47Look at Finland. They have been using
- 00:19:50experimentation in order to improve
- 00:19:53their education system. Look at United
- 00:19:56Kingdom, Britain. They have been using
- 00:20:00artificial intelligence in order to
- 00:20:02improve their education policies. And
- 00:20:05you see the changes every year they have
- 00:20:09made up five years plan, 10 years plan
- 00:20:12and they are fine-tuning it. And when we
- 00:20:15have plans for the public at large, we
- 00:20:18should not forget the inclusivity part.
- 00:20:22We can only help the public at large,
- 00:20:25the organizations. We can only help in
- 00:20:29order to enable the economy if if we
- 00:20:33understand what are the needs of the
- 00:20:35citizens, what are the needs of
- 00:20:37different socioeconomic groups, how we
- 00:20:41can improve the service delivery, how we
- 00:20:44can enable the satisfaction of citizens.
- 00:20:49So for that sake I have advocated to
- 00:20:53develop and strengthen the public sector
- 00:20:57ecosystem
- 00:20:59which would be you know an overarching
- 00:21:03ecosystem
- 00:21:05a complete umbrella under which
- 00:21:08government to government communication
- 00:21:09is taking place right we have federated
- 00:21:13systems like we have in Germany like we
- 00:21:16have in European Union so people for
- 00:21:18example going from one country to
- 00:21:20another country how their information is
- 00:21:22carried.
- 00:21:24So uh when they get scholarships, when
- 00:21:27they get admissions, when they go to
- 00:21:30hospital services, when they go for
- 00:21:32employment, there are federated
- 00:21:34databases. Obviously they have taken few
- 00:21:38years to remove all those intermittent
- 00:21:42and mediation failures that used to come
- 00:21:44up with the classical and traditional
- 00:21:47communication systems and databases.
- 00:21:50What is important
- 00:21:53we can see how European Union is
- 00:21:56reacting to it. They have come up with
- 00:22:00industry 5.0 0 program which is nothing
- 00:22:04but extension of industry 4.0.
- 00:22:07So all those technologies which have
- 00:22:09been founded in industry 4.0 they are
- 00:22:12using now those technologies with a
- 00:22:16clear focus on human welfare.
- 00:22:20So the centricity point is now human
- 00:22:23welfare right and now they are
- 00:22:26advocating
- 00:22:28about the industry five technologies
- 00:22:31that they have developed a narrative
- 00:22:34that these technologies are meant for
- 00:22:37the welfare of the workers and by this
- 00:22:41they are removing the fears of the
- 00:22:43workers who always are under the
- 00:22:46impression and they go for the notion
- 00:22:48that artificial intellig igence today or
- 00:22:51tomorrow is going to replace us as
- 00:22:54workers. So now they are advocating and
- 00:22:58they are saying you can be replaced but
- 00:23:01not with AI but with the people who are
- 00:23:05expert in AI. Now for that sake what
- 00:23:08they have done they have developed a
- 00:23:11narrative they have developed
- 00:23:14collaborations
- 00:23:15they are advocating human centricity
- 00:23:20cohorts
- 00:23:21so that is a strategic change in the way
- 00:23:26we
- 00:23:28you know market technologies
- 00:23:30we formulate policies and regulations
- 00:23:33about using technologies.
- 00:23:36So the quality levels they are not know
- 00:23:40the cost savings
- 00:23:42this has to be translated into the terms
- 00:23:45of value the service levels they have to
- 00:23:49be associated with the welfare of the
- 00:23:51worker with the productivity levels with
- 00:23:55the efficiency level with the
- 00:23:58effectiveness levels. So the policies,
- 00:24:02the connectivities
- 00:24:04and the results they have to
- 00:24:05commensurate
- 00:24:07with the critical success factors.
- 00:24:12Seeing is believing and there is a great
- 00:24:15lesson for all of us in public sectors.
- 00:24:18Now let me take few examples of some of
- 00:24:22the sectors where public sector has done
- 00:24:25phenomenal work. Look at banking and see
- 00:24:28how this technology ecosystem is
- 00:24:31working. Now all the banks they are
- 00:24:34connected over digital network. The
- 00:24:37clients are connected with that digital
- 00:24:40network. Regulator is connected with the
- 00:24:43digital network. The surveillance
- 00:24:46organizations, the security
- 00:24:48organizations, crossborder payment
- 00:24:50systems are connected over the over that
- 00:24:53digital network. What does that mean? It
- 00:24:56is an ecosystem.
- 00:24:58So what happens
- 00:25:00whenever there is a transaction?
- 00:25:03The ecosystem gets the information
- 00:25:07when something is made new. For example,
- 00:25:11anti-money laundering activity by FATF,
- 00:25:14counterterrorist financing activity by
- 00:25:18FATF for example. Everyone gets notified
- 00:25:23because they know they have to maintain
- 00:25:25KYC, EKYC, know your customer,
- 00:25:29electronically know your customer. No
- 00:25:31wonder Singapore has given licenses to
- 00:25:33digital banks which have no motor and
- 00:25:36brick infrastructures.
- 00:25:39All they have is digital infrastructure.
- 00:25:43So that's very important to understand.
- 00:25:46These are the readym made examples
- 00:25:49available with us. Take the example of
- 00:25:52telecom sector. We have all the telecom
- 00:25:55organizations
- 00:25:57available on digital technologies. Again
- 00:26:00it's not one technology. There are
- 00:26:02several technologies that we called an
- 00:26:05ecosystem. Today we are talking to each
- 00:26:08other right? We are sitting in different
- 00:26:11parts of the world and gone are the days
- 00:26:16where the communication was expensive.
- 00:26:18We needed to have high bandwidth. We
- 00:26:23needed to have intensive resources.
- 00:26:26Today it has gone economical and this is
- 00:26:30an economical solution that we are
- 00:26:32utilizing by for example Cisco Webex.
- 00:26:36It is another
- 00:26:38ecosystem part.
- 00:26:41So regulator is for the telecom is on
- 00:26:46the ecosystem clients are ecosystem.
- 00:26:51So what do you think? How easy is the
- 00:26:54consultation with the stakeholders for
- 00:26:57any change that we want to make on
- 00:27:01telecom or banking or look at the
- 00:27:05taxation.
- 00:27:06Look at how IRS has improved its
- 00:27:09working. It used to be a stereotype
- 00:27:12organization. Everyone used to struggle
- 00:27:16to return you know file the returns and
- 00:27:20they used to struggle to understand
- 00:27:22this. There were several consultants.
- 00:27:25Now the digital technologies available
- 00:27:29and this public sector facilitation has
- 00:27:33made it it it possible for the
- 00:27:36multinationals and the international
- 00:27:39organizations to go global because this
- 00:27:43is providing a complete solution a
- 00:27:46complete engagement.
- 00:27:48Look how the financial sector is
- 00:27:51working.
- 00:27:53We have new forms of financing that we
- 00:27:56called crowdfunding.
- 00:27:58Today we have you know uh bitcoin
- 00:28:03cryptocurrency.
- 00:28:05Now we are talking about global
- 00:28:08financing.
- 00:28:09We today we are able to connect our
- 00:28:13strategic goals with those goals which
- 00:28:16are required on the global level such as
- 00:28:19sustainability
- 00:28:21such as finding out niches such as
- 00:28:25finding out emerging markets finding out
- 00:28:28technology rollouts.
- 00:28:31So what is required that we have to
- 00:28:33change it? This is very important. I I
- 00:28:37need your attention.
- 00:28:39What would be required to change in the
- 00:28:42public sector organizations to make them
- 00:28:44competitive to make them a leading
- 00:28:47organizations so that they could help
- 00:28:49private and corporate sector in
- 00:28:51flourishing their business to the next
- 00:28:54levels in enabling citizenship services
- 00:28:57and for all other things that come under
- 00:29:00the purview of their scope. So the first
- 00:29:03of all strategies
- 00:29:05the change of mindset is the first
- 00:29:08thing. I was very happy I was listening
- 00:29:10to a a talk which was moderated by
- 00:29:14Rebecca and people talked about change
- 00:29:17management and they said the first thing
- 00:29:19is awareness
- 00:29:21proy certification edcore we have Rhonda
- 00:29:25expert for this. So awareness is
- 00:29:29required before anyone talks about
- 00:29:32strategy and change of business model.
- 00:29:36What we need to understand I I am
- 00:29:39bringing something very important for
- 00:29:41your attention.
- 00:29:42It is not just from going manual to
- 00:29:45automated.
- 00:29:47It is changing the whole landscape.
- 00:29:50So when you talk about change
- 00:29:52management, when you think of automation
- 00:29:55or autonomic
- 00:30:01mode, we have to have fundamental
- 00:30:05changes in the business model, in the
- 00:30:07technology model, in the target
- 00:30:10operation models. And with those the
- 00:30:12governance system would change
- 00:30:14substantially
- 00:30:16and we need to engage with citizens with
- 00:30:19the customers with the clients dealing
- 00:30:22with the regulators day in and day out.
- 00:30:25So for that we need to understand what
- 00:30:27are the competence requirement today. So
- 00:30:31when we say digital skills, what are
- 00:30:35those skills and I am coming to those
- 00:30:37particular skills and that would be an
- 00:30:40interesting discussion also. So
- 00:30:43fundamentally and radically the job
- 00:30:46roles have changed, job descriptions
- 00:30:48have changed. We have something now
- 00:30:51which we call corporate data
- 00:30:54responsibility
- 00:30:56which now complements corporate social
- 00:30:58responsibility. We have now corporate
- 00:31:01digital responsibilities
- 00:31:04and for that we need new skill sets. So
- 00:31:08what is the role of human resource
- 00:31:10functions to plan trainings, sessions,
- 00:31:16job enrichments, enlargement activities
- 00:31:18so that they could prepare
- 00:31:21the workforce for the new skills which
- 00:31:25are not other than the skills which I
- 00:31:28have mentioned on the slide for your
- 00:31:31attention. What is very important
- 00:31:34especially for the people who are scared
- 00:31:36that machines would take over their
- 00:31:38jobs. What is very important? There are
- 00:31:40certain skills that machine cannot learn
- 00:31:43at this point of time while we speak. So
- 00:31:46for example, machines are emotionless.
- 00:31:50Machines are not senti. Machines are not
- 00:31:54curious. Yes, they have a learning
- 00:31:57patterns. We have machine learning and
- 00:32:00deep learning and all those
- 00:32:02convolutional neuronet networks but the
- 00:32:06real super AI is far far away while we
- 00:32:10are talking today still time for the
- 00:32:13people to come back into the game to
- 00:32:16remain competitive
- 00:32:18by learning emerging skills and these
- 00:32:21are not my suggestive skills. We have
- 00:32:25leading forums today available with us
- 00:32:27like world economic forum and they are
- 00:32:30suggesting for 2025 2030 you should
- 00:32:33invest your time in these skills. We
- 00:32:37have Vaua, emotional intelligence,
- 00:32:39curiosity, creativity, innovation,
- 00:32:42teamwork, tech ecosystem, coopetition,
- 00:32:47uh collaboration,
- 00:32:49co-creation, digital experience,
- 00:32:52divergent thinking. So we do not have
- 00:32:55time to go into into the details, but I
- 00:32:58just wanted to touch upon this. So but
- 00:33:01what are the challenges
- 00:33:03and how other organizations have
- 00:33:06overcome these challenges while they
- 00:33:08were doing this digital transformation
- 00:33:10and innovation experiences for
- 00:33:14getting to go to the next levels of
- 00:33:18quality and excellence. First of all
- 00:33:21stakeholder on boarding. So it is very
- 00:33:25important. It is about developing an
- 00:33:28ecosystem. Stakeholders are already
- 00:33:31available with you. You need to engage
- 00:33:34with them. You need to develop and
- 00:33:37strengthen that ecosystem.
- 00:33:39And by identifying the skills that we
- 00:33:43lack, we need to have programs to
- 00:33:45upskill and reskill those competence.
- 00:33:50And public sector again it's very
- 00:33:53important.
- 00:33:54They have to orchestrate the ecosystem.
- 00:33:57And here I would take one minute to give
- 00:34:00you the example of transportation
- 00:34:02sector. 10 15 years before everyone did
- 00:34:06not believe we could have
- 00:34:10driverless vehicles, autonomous vehicles
- 00:34:14and department of transport was not
- 00:34:16ready to welcome those operators and car
- 00:34:19manufacturers which wanted to push
- 00:34:22driverless vehicles. But today we see
- 00:34:24that department of transport they have
- 00:34:27published all the protocols which would
- 00:34:30require for driverless cars to come and
- 00:34:32operate and today we have commercial
- 00:34:34services.
- 00:34:36So investments we have commitments but
- 00:34:39we need more investments
- 00:34:41and we have to really care about cyber
- 00:34:45security and regulations.
- 00:34:47So I'm just I will just finish up in
- 00:34:50next couple of minutes because my time
- 00:34:52is running out. What would be the way
- 00:34:55forward for the organizations and
- 00:34:57individuals? We have to understand
- 00:35:00collaboration robots.
- 00:35:02Today we have talked about you know
- 00:35:06agent AI and AI agents. So we need to
- 00:35:10understand those things. We need to
- 00:35:12understand service robots. How hybrid
- 00:35:15workplace would look like where we have
- 00:35:18human workers and humanoids
- 00:35:20and agile policies which I'm sure is
- 00:35:23part of the agenda of this conference.
- 00:35:25How this will operate, how ethics should
- 00:35:28be incorporated, how accountability
- 00:35:31should be uh created in public
- 00:35:34artificial intelligence particularly and
- 00:35:37for the regulators very important they
- 00:35:40have to go to the innovation solutions
- 00:35:43by using sandbox just like fintech.
- 00:35:46Fintech has been doing it for the past
- 00:35:49few years. So technology adoption it has
- 00:35:52to be a transformation model. So
- 00:35:55inclusivity it has to be the part of
- 00:35:58design. They should not be the last one
- 00:36:00that we shall think about. So the
- 00:36:03soioeconomic groups, the marginalized
- 00:36:05groups, the people with less access,
- 00:36:08less privilege, underserved, they have
- 00:36:10to be the part of design of the new
- 00:36:13ecosystem. And that can be done by
- 00:36:16developing ecosystem by cocreation
- 00:36:20believing in the stakeholders of the
- 00:36:22ecosystem. And very important we have to
- 00:36:25promote laws which are related to you
- 00:36:28know privacy protection such as GDPR,
- 00:36:33European Union AI act. We have to
- 00:36:35strengthen disability act
- 00:36:39the content on the internet and
- 00:36:42California consumer protection act like
- 00:36:44things. So I think this has been a very
- 00:36:48great discussion and I would like to
- 00:36:50conclude with a great quote from
- 00:36:52Jessica. She was the chair of FCC and
- 00:36:55she said digital inclusion is not just
- 00:36:59about access to technology. It is about
- 00:37:02access to opportunity.
- 00:37:05So with that we shall move to the
- 00:37:09question and answer session if we have
- 00:37:11any.
- 00:37:15Thank you so much Zubar for your
- 00:37:17flexibility and your support of our
- 00:37:19wonderful session. Folks on the line, do
- 00:37:22we have questions for Zubar comments or
- 00:37:25feedback that you'd like on his
- 00:37:27phenomenal presentation to us today?
- 00:37:32Exploring the model for inclusivity of
- 00:37:35public sector in the technology
- 00:37:37ecosystem.
- 00:37:41Okay. Well, I have one for you, Zabir.
- 00:37:43We have just a little bit of time here.
- 00:37:45So, can can you please share with us
- 00:37:49right for perhaps leaders who have not
- 00:37:54been here before or SMEES who are trying
- 00:37:57to move this agenda initiative forward?
- 00:37:59What's the one thing you would advise
- 00:38:01for them to do within the next 30 days
- 00:38:05that's in alignment with your topic and
- 00:38:08your vision? Please, Uber.
- 00:38:11Right. So this is a very intriguing
- 00:38:14question and very interesting
- 00:38:17and you know the quick win is to first
- 00:38:22understand where you are at the moment.
- 00:38:25What is the gap and what is your target?
- 00:38:28So I would highly recommend to follow
- 00:38:31this approach. First understand where
- 00:38:33you are today.
- 00:38:36What do you lack in your skills? What do
- 00:38:39you lack in your target operating and
- 00:38:41technology model? Do a gap analysis and
- 00:38:45try building upon those gaps in order to
- 00:38:48reach your target for example career job
- 00:38:52or your target model organization. So
- 00:38:55that is the quick answer.
- 00:38:59I love it. And isn't that the recipe for
- 00:39:01success for everything? Yes. Baseline
- 00:39:04where you are. put that future vision
- 00:39:06and build your bridge forward. So, thank
- 00:39:08you so much. Okay. So if you if you were
- 00:39:12advising
- 00:39:15uh helping them future state with regard
- 00:39:18to th this
- 00:39:20entirety of your of your topic today, is
- 00:39:23there one thing you would ask them to
- 00:39:26make sure they included that you found
- 00:39:29to be most important as a forcing
- 00:39:34function or a driver? Zubar.
- 00:39:38Yeah. So the very important thing that
- 00:39:41especially public sector we are always
- 00:39:44ignorant that the context has changed.
- 00:39:48People are not the same which they used
- 00:39:51to be few years before. They are
- 00:39:53changing every day. Stakeholder is
- 00:39:55changing every day. So now for example
- 00:39:58look at the ecosystem of Apple. Look at
- 00:40:01the ecosystem of Facebook. Look at the
- 00:40:04ecosystem of Google. how they are
- 00:40:06engaging with their users with the
- 00:40:09organizations to to which they are
- 00:40:11offering solutions. They have empowered
- 00:40:14them right and I can run a lot of
- 00:40:19additional workshops for that how to do
- 00:40:21this. So they have to understand who are
- 00:40:24the stakeholders, how they are changing
- 00:40:27and by knowing this they would be in a
- 00:40:29position to change themselves and by
- 00:40:32doing that they would be in a position
- 00:40:33to set a target for themselves. So I
- 00:40:36hope that answers the question. Yes, I I
- 00:40:39love it. Thank you so very much for
- 00:40:41sharing that and sharing
- 00:40:44whom we may be looking to for not only
- 00:40:48our best practices but the internal
- 00:40:50innovations and processes that you're
- 00:40:52using. Thank you so much Subar again for
- 00:40:55stepping up and really helping us round
- 00:40:58out this part of our program session. We
- 00:41:00are so grateful.
- 00:41:03So folks on the line, we have we would
- 00:41:06love to be able to just share with you a
- 00:41:09brief moment for comments from our FIT
- 00:41:12and our ASQ government division leaders
- 00:41:16if they if they are available. So I
- 00:41:19think first we did not have a chance to
- 00:41:22hear from our uh chairperson Tim with
- 00:41:27regard to fit. Maria, Darla,
- 00:41:31Tim, is there something that you'd like
- 00:41:33to do to address the attendees who
- 00:41:36joined after we started at this phase?
- 00:41:46Well, Maria did the first one, so I'll
- 00:41:49do this one. Um, on behalf of the
- 00:41:51Federal Improvement Team board, we're so
- 00:41:54excited about this partnership and our
- 00:41:56ability to share with everyone learning
- 00:41:59in this knowledge sharing event. We do
- 00:42:01these twice a year and our partnership
- 00:42:03with ASQ government is an exciting new
- 00:42:05addition. If anyone wants to attend our
- 00:42:07monthly lunch and learns or join our
- 00:42:09community, of course, just let us know.
- 00:42:11Um, it's part of the marketing so that
- 00:42:14you know where we are. We're excited to
- 00:42:15have you here. will be here all day long
- 00:42:17in the chat if you need any questions
- 00:42:19from the federal improvement team.
- 00:42:20Thanks for coming. Thanks so much,
- 00:42:23Darla. And Miss Shrudy, who was not able
- 00:42:26to be here earlier, she is our
- 00:42:28phenomenal ASQ government division
- 00:42:30chair. If we can ask her to say a few
- 00:42:33words to our attendees, please. Sure.
- 00:42:37Thank you, Rhonda. I think it's been
- 00:42:40awesome. uh since I've joined I've
- 00:42:43already started learning a lot and uh
- 00:42:46amazing presenters and moderators you've
- 00:42:49got there. So thank you for putting it
- 00:42:52all together um especially to you Rhonda
- 00:42:55and the fit team. Uh welcome to all the
- 00:42:59audience on behalf of government
- 00:43:01division. I am Shrii Patau. I am the
- 00:43:04chair for the government division uh
- 00:43:06under ASQ. So uh what we do as part of
- 00:43:10government division is we have uh u so
- 00:43:15many different centers like the center
- 00:43:18for electoral quality and integrity. We
- 00:43:21have center for quality standards in
- 00:43:23government. We also have uh what's
- 00:43:26called a GPF which is a government
- 00:43:29performance excellence forum. So we have
- 00:43:31all these centers under our division
- 00:43:34which come forward to provide you with
- 00:43:37the value proposition we get. So we do
- 00:43:41have webinars throughout the year. Uh we
- 00:43:44do partnerships and collaborations. As
- 00:43:46you can see this is one of our inaugural
- 00:43:49years with the fit team where we have
- 00:43:51collaborated but uh later uh the next
- 00:43:55month in July we are also collaborating
- 00:43:58with other ASQ divisions uh namely the
- 00:44:02quality management division the software
- 00:44:05division the energy and environmental
- 00:44:07division and the design and construction
- 00:44:10division. So we all these five divisions
- 00:44:13have come together to host a virtual
- 00:44:16conference which is from July 22nd to
- 00:44:1924th and uh it has three different
- 00:44:23tracks which focuses basically on
- 00:44:26digital transformation as you have seen
- 00:44:29like since morning I see that theme
- 00:44:31going out again and again the digital
- 00:44:34transformation is the era of today then
- 00:44:37we have process excellence because
- 00:44:39that's what our foundational focus is
- 00:44:42and then we also have cutting edge
- 00:44:45practices which is basically having um
- 00:44:49the best practices and applied knowledge
- 00:44:52from these different industries. So we
- 00:44:55have these different tracks and very
- 00:44:57awesome keynote speakers. We do have a
- 00:45:01registration link we can share with you
- 00:45:03in the chat as well. Uh so look forward
- 00:45:07for that and if if you're interested to
- 00:45:10know more about what we do, what we
- 00:45:12offer, please do reach out to Me.
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