1.
MINDTREK, TAMPERE,
FINLAND
20TH SEPTEMBER 2017
WILL SMART CITIES
LIVE UP TO THE HYPE?
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2.
IT’S NOT HELPFUL
TO TALK ABOUT THE
SMART CITY
PLACE CITIZENS AT THE CENTRE
ROTATE TO DIGITAL DISRUPTION
BROADEN THE DEFINITION
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3.
DESIGN
DRIVEN
POLITICALLY
ENDORSED
VALUE
LED
ECOSYSTEM
DELIVERED
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A STRATEGY MUST COVER ALL 4 COMPONENTS
KEY ATTRIBUTES OF A SUCCESSFUL SMART CITY STRATEGY
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PUT CITIZENS AT THE CORE OF HOW YOU THINK ABOUT
CITY SERVICES
RESPONSIVE
Relentlessly keeping you
informed; service delivery and
situation awareness
ENGAGING
Seeking help and input,
always on your terms making
it worth your while
TRUSTED
Safeguarding privacy, asking
permission to share your
information in order to improve
service
SIMPLIFIED
Tell us your intentions once,
we connect the dots
CONNECTED
Seamlessly interacting within
and outside city government to
coordinate your service
LOCAL
Tailor services to your local
needs
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS YOU’RE TRYING TO SOLVE?
A NEW SEQUENCE FOR GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT
CITIZEN LED
DESIGN
OBSERVE
YOUR
CITIZENS
VALUE
ARCHITECT
SCALE
SOLUTION
PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT
DEMONSTRATE
BENEFITS
Define your value
framework
Issue Driven…
Embed yourself in your
community
Outcome Led…
Your value framework as
your backbone
Design Thinking
Citizen centric as the
defining principle
Technology is the
servant not the master
Agile delivery
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE YOU TO GET THERE
THE COMPETENCIES AND CAPABILITIES YOU NEED TO BUILD
SCALE
SOLUTION
OBSERVE
COMMUNITY
VALUE
ARCHITECT
PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT
CITIZEN LED
DESIGN
Ethnography
Citizen and
Employee
Engagement
Design Thinking
Multidisciplinary
Co- Creation
Rapid Prototyping
Data Science and
Visualisation
Use Case
Identification
Business Case
Development
Implementation
Capability
Manage Complex
Infrastructure
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Continuous
Improvements
DEMONSTRATE
BENEFITS
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HOW COULD THIS WORK IN YOUR CITY?
THE MODELS THAT YOU CAN APPLY
IN HOUSE PAY BY
RESULTS
SHARED
SERVICES
INSTITUTIONALISING
INNOVATION
OUTSOURCING
INNOVATION
CO-SOURCING
INNOVATION
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8.
DIGITAL SKILLS AND
CAPABILITIES
OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORM
VISION AND VALUE
PROPOSITION
REGULATORY AND
LEGISLATIVE BARRIERS
GOVERNANCE ACROSS STATE,
REGION, MUNICIPALITIES
DIGITAL MARKET FAILURES
SYSTEMIC CHANGES ARE REQUIRED TO ENABLE THE MARKET
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THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING A SMART CITY STRATEGY
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DEMONTRATE THAT USE
CASES GENERATE VALUE….
BUILD THE CAPABILITES
FOR DIGITAL DISRUPTION…
APPLY DIGITAL
DISRUPTION TO YOUR
CORE PROCESSES…
… AND REMEMBER TO TELL
THE STORY
… BY EMBEDDING
INNOVATION
… TO GET BACK TO THE
FRONT LINE
…AND SO WHAT?
WHERE DO FINNISH CITIES GO FROM HERE?
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10.
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SIMON GILES
Accenture Global Cities
Managing Director
simon.w.giles@accenture.com
uk.linkedin.com/in/simongilescities/
@peakflow
THANK YOU
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