myAIPMThe APS Imagining the Future project commissioned the Boston Consulting Group to look at the megatrends with the biggest impact on the Australian public service and use those trends to develop possible future scenarios.
The 4 possible futures developed by the Boston Consulting Group are:
- #Techsplosion — a turbo-charged take up of technology
- Devolution revolution — the shift from large institutions to community-based services
- Wikigov — where people shape policy direct through online platforms
- New world (dis)order — where global instability sees us turn inward
Boston Consulting’s report also outlines the challenges the public service may face in these environments, the skills and capabilities that will be needed to navigate them, and recommendations to address gaps.
Read more here.