sean f burns
Public sector
Reinventing Your Business Model for Growth
For a large public sector client, I am currently redeveloping their business model and found an inspiring article by Johnson, Christensen and Kagermann. Senior managers at incumbent companies thus confront a frustrating question: Why is it so difficult to pull off the new growth that business model innovation can bring? Their research suggests two problems. … Continue reading
Essential steps towards profitability
Normally, I wouldn’t reference CBS MoneyWatch as often it’s a bit over the top, however this one caught my eye as it’s by Dave Logan from USC. These are valuable steps not just because private sector organisations need to be profitable, but because non-profit and public sector organisations need to be thinking about this as … Continue reading
Public sector merger
I just finished a four-month engagement leading the consolidation of services (IT, IM, HR and Finance) for three agencies of the New Zealand government. A newspaper article on the transformation programme came out today decrying it as simply more public servant headcount reductions. The article completely missed the significance and strategic importance of this programme … Continue reading
Revitalising Public Service with Innovation
In this month’s edition of the Journal of the Institute of Public Administration‘s “Public Sector” there is an interesting piece by Ross Tanner towards the back of the issue on revitalizing the public sector. Spurred on by recent publications from The New Synthesis Project, an international partnership of institutions and individuals to help drive the … Continue reading
Lessons learned from Finland
Last week I was speaking with the Managing Director of Palkeet, the Finish State Economic and Human Resources Service Centre. They successfully produce financial and HR services to over 110 government agencies and institutions. We were talking about some of their key lessons learned and how momentum was built and sustained. While most of what … Continue reading
