Is politics broken - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Is politics broken - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Therere municipal elections going on all over Denmark next week, and consequently there are election posters everywhere. I dont think anybody imagines that those posters will actually sway a single voter, but everybody else uses them, so wed better too This kind of rote thinking and sticking to business as usual is just one reason Im convinced, that politics is broken. The political process has currently divided people into politicians, who formulate policies, and voters, who get to choose between those policies. Thats not good. And heres another idea: If youre brainstorming on how to improve your town/municipality/region/country does it make sense to generate ideas together with people who disagree with you? You bet it does. Its well known in business, that to stimulate innovation and creativity you need diversely populated groups, not just people who already agree with each other. And yet political parties formulate policies in isolation, unimpacted by the views of opponents. Heres an article that repeats some of these views for American politics: So is our politics broken? Without a doubt. Does technology have a role in fixing it? Yes, in part technology, for example broadcast media, helped break it. I think we can look to the Net and open source as a way to help revitalize our democratic processes. Technology is one way, but only as a tool to create a more participative political process that gives everybody whos interested a way to impact the political decision making directly. Im currently thinking on how this can be done if you have any ideas, let me know :o) Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related