Ano Tisam

I co-founded the Govcrate platform, a turnkey Government as a Service platform focused on the needs of Pacific Island Countries. My expertise is in e-Government, Government as a Service platforms and Government Digital Services.

Navigating Digital Government Transformation: POC, Prototype, Pilot, and MVP Explained

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Understanding the stages of POC, Prototype, Pilot, and MVP is essential in the context of digital government. Each stage serves a specific purpose, helping to ensure that digital initiatives are viable, user-friendly, compliant, and effective. By recognizing the unique challenges and opportunities at each stage, government entities can navigate the digital transformation journey more effectively, leading to successful implementation and adoption of digital solutions.

Revolutionizing DeFi with Chainlink’s CCIP: A New Era for Liquidity Pools

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CCIP’s most significant contribution to DeFi is the introduction of universal liquidity pools. Traditionally, DeFi applications operate with separate liquidity pools on each blockchain, leading to a fragmented liquidity landscape. CCIP turns this paradigm on its head by enabling liquidity to be shared across different blockchains. This cross-chain liquidity unification means assets are more freely accessible, leading to increased market fluidity and creating a more integrated DeFi ecosystem.

Rent if You Can, Buy if You Can’t, and Build if You Must: Navigating Technology Investment

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“Rent if you can, buy if you can’t, and build if you must” is a heuristic that simplifies the decision-making process for technology investment. By understanding the nuances of each option, businesses can make informed choices that align with their strategic goals, ensuring they remain competitive and agile in a digital-first world.

How to a digital identity service that preserves user privacy using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs).

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Blockchain technology provides a decentralized platform where information can be stored securely and immutably. It also allows for the creation of unique digital identities that can be verified without the need for a central authority. Zero-knowledge proofs are a cryptographic method that enables one party to prove to another party that a statement is true … Read more

What is innovation accounting and how does it help manage innovation?

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‘Innovation Accounting’ is a loose term for the idea that organisations need new metrics to manage innovation, the dominant competitive force driving value today. After building a few government as a service platforms the only thing I’ve seen reliably produce valuable innovation is intentional and consistent experimentation. Increasingly many teams are practicing some form of … Read more

Innovation Options: A tool for governments to help structure Investments into Innovation

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Innovation is a key driver of economic growth and social progress, and governments around the world are increasingly looking for new ways to encourage innovation and investment. One emerging tool that is gaining attention is innovation options, a financial instrument that provides a financial incentive for private sector partners to invest in new technologies or … Read more

What are sense making frameworks and why are they important to e-Government strategy?

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Sense making via an elephant

Different people have different perspectives. We need a way to bring all the different perspectives together. To do this we need to establish a set of common sense making frameworks to build a common understanding of what is going on.

Exploring Metcalf’s Law and Its Impact on Cryptocurrency Prices: Understanding the Network Effect

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Metcalf’s Law is a principle in network theory that states the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of its users. In the context of cryptocurrencies, this law suggests that as the number of users or participants in a cryptocurrency network increases, the value or price of that cryptocurrency may … Read more