RADICAL RELEVANCE (PART 2)

“GOVERNMENT maak my dom (makes me dumb)!” an exasperated official cried. His workplace had again frustrated his ability to unleash his expert innovation upon another intractable societal challenge.

When the “Eskom Crisis” bruised into town, a legal expert admitted quietly: “What is unfolding was obviously not foreseen by the drafters of the Constitution…”

And with that, the genie was out of the bottle: What if RSA’s famed Constitution includes redundant prescripts now inhibiting the lived fulfilment of our Bill of Rights?

The website apolitical.co reports: “For seven consecutive years, Switzerland has topped the list of the world’s most innovative countries. As a small, landlocked nation with few natural resources, Switzerland has had to continually reinvent itself, earning a reputation for innovation. The country files more patents per capita than any other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country, boasts world-class research institutes and is a leader in robotics, cryptocurrency, virtual reality and AI.”

The Swiss Staatslabor helps the public sector to build up its innovation capacity by providing a platform, resources, experts and spaces to think forward.

The OECD urges five disruptions: technology, political, reform, workforce and budget.

“This disruption would increase productivity and accuracy, increase engagement, and improve customer service. It would cause a workforce to champion efficiency and effectiveness and true accountability… and dramatically improve government’s reputation,” wrote Steve Goodrich on nextgov.com.