As shown in the previous post, I did a service design analysis of Swiss direct democracy, to really get into the details of how co-creation is done from a citizen perspective. You can find the multi-stakeholder service...
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Peter Horvath
Co-creation – a literature review structure
Gathering the insights from 20 different publications called for a structured approach. This became apparent by the third reading – but I had no idea what this structure should look like until halfway through the...
Facebook Announces Oversight Board for Content Decisions
Mid-September 2019 Facebook announced first steps in setting up an oversight board. This will be a body for Facebook’s users to appeal the companies content decisions. A quick summary: This is practically a pre...
Direct democracy – an organizational analysis I: Introduction
The goal of this organizational analysis was to identify how specific elments of Swiss Direct democracy align with the entire Swiss political decision-making ecosystem. I relied on the qualitative ‘Star Model’ tool of...
Direct democracy – an organizational analysis V: People
These few posts are an organizational analysis of Swiss direct democracy. While normal organizations hire and fire people, a country ‘s citizens are born (or naturalized), and they can’t just be fired...
Direct democracy – an organizational analysis VI: Rewards
This is the final post looking at an organizational analysis of Swiss direct democracy. Rewards are meant to align the goals of the people with the goals of the organization, and provide motivation for completion of the...
4, Process – the needle in a haystack
(This series of posts is based on my literature review – ask me for sources in the comments.) From a managerial perspective, processes that describe co-creation from initiation to implementation, on the...
Direct democracy – an organizational analysis II: Strategy
Strategy is goals, objectives, values and missions of an organization. The objective of direct democracy is to let people have a direct say – democracy by the people. This manifests in power sharing, also called ‘system...
Direct democracy – an organizational analysis III: Structure
“Structure” determines the placement of power and authority. And this is where Swiss Direct Democracy (SDD) really blew my mind. Traditional democracies have three branches of power: legislative, executive...
Swiss Direct Democracy – a Summary
The next few posts will analyze the ecosystem and processes of Swiss direct democracy. If you do not live in Switzerland, chances are good that you are not familiar with this form of democracy. Don’t worry, below...
