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Will the COVID Crisis Lead to a Digital Revolution in Government?
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2020
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Podcast episode
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In today’s episode of RBC Disruptors, we are joined by Alex Benay, Partner, Digital and Government Solutions at KPMG, former CIO of Canada and one of the world's 100 most influential people in digital government, and Hillary Hartley, Ontario's first Chief Digital and Data Officer, to discuss how governments have pivoted to push out billions of dollars in support to Canadians through the COVID-19 crisis almost entirely through digital channels – and what that could mean for a digital government of the future. In today’s episode we discuss:How the government rapidly shifted to a digital-first approach during the COVID-19 crisis;How governments can seize this opportunity to rethink Canada’s digital infrastructure in a post-COVID world;The need for government to re-think their models, and adopt a major shift in mindset toward speed and user centricity.
Released:
Apr 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Slack: Changing The World With Chat Event Highlights (Oct. 1, 2018): It's hard to talk about Stewart Butterfield without getting into his unorthodox path to the heights of tech. The Canadian entrepreneur spent his early childhood without electricity, taught himself to code, and studied philosophy at Cambridge before falling into a tech career that’s now pitting him against Microsoft and Google. Butterfield’s biggest business success, Slack, is a corporate communications tool aimed at reducing some of the 269 billion emails sent around the world each day. He joined us at the latest RBC Disruptors. by Disruptors