What’s the ideal role for government within digital transformation?

In September of last year I was invited to a convention called ‘Energie per l’Italia,’ organised by Stefano Parisi, a leading figure on the Italian political scene. The initiative was based around a subject close to my heart: generating new ideas to energise Italy, especially from a technology point of view.

I’m very pleased to say that his team asked me to coordinate a working group dedicated to the digital transformation of Italy’s public administration, and the country itself.

I love applying design thinking processes to social problems — but to be perfectly honest, I was excited and intimidated at the same time. The goal of the group was to build part of the political offering of a new movement, and delivering against such a project, with a brand new team at national level, was a huge challenge. However, it was very inspiring and I would love to share with you our initial thinking about the tasks facing Italy from a digital standpoint.

Starting out

Our team carefully reviewed all the material from the AGID (the Agency for the Italian Digital Transformation); particularly the website area that explains the Italian Digital Agenda and the concept of ‘Italy Login.’ We also deepened our engagement with the European Single Digital Market strategies, as the…