The digital transformation of Italy’s public sector: Government cannot be left behind!

Abstract

Digital transformation is a big challenge for governments, as the speed of transformative technologies is very fast while, governments are generally slow. New ways of ‘being government’ need to be found to increase the pace of policy response to emerging challenges. The greatest danger of falling behind is a declining trust in policy makers, and the possible emergence of extreme policy reactions which undermine innovation. Governments should transform themselves, if they do not wish to become progressively irrelevant. What is a digital transformation?.