Tim recently blogged that the lack of a framework can be a barrier, even if our kneejerk reaction, because we all public sector innovation stifled, is that frameworks always put a cap on progress.

This seems like a good time to say that the lack of a clear narrative is also a barrier. It’s no good those of us keen on new technologies and conversational governance to feel the world is against us. And we’ll progress more slowly than we could if we limit ourselvea to trying to get technological fixes, and to trying to prompt organisational change through guerilla action.

A case in point is this article about Swansea councillors getting in the soup for daring to tweet during a meeting. How tiring is it going to be dealing with this on a case-by-case basis?

Instead, let’s get the Charter up and running, with a simple, clear statement of principles that leaders, chief execs – in fact, anyone in a public sector leadership position – can sign up to. Better still, a statement that they can’t not sign up to.