Blusukan as a New Paradigm of Collaborative Leadership: Indonesia's Experience

“Blusukan” as a New Paradigm of Collaborative Leadership:

Indonesian Experience

Presented in The 1st Asian Public Governance

Forum on Innovation, held by OECD Korea Policy Center and National Institute of Public Administration,

Republic of Indonesia

Tri Widodo W. Utomo

Deputy Chairman for Innovation of Public Administration, NIPA

Jakarta, 11-12 June 2014

Response to Session 2.2. presentation by Yoon-kyung Oh, Public Leadership in the

context of ‘Government 3.0’: how to create a collaborative organizational culture.

What is Blusukan?

“Is a new management practice

where a high-rank government official

goes directly into the nexus of

community problems, communicate

with people, and connect the

problems to public policy”

Blusukan: The Actors

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The Phenomena: Risma & Jokowi

The Phenomena: Risma

Inside Risma’s office car, there’s always available

several tools for cropping such as broom, shovels,

boots, and gloves

The Phenomena: Jokowi

Source: Awang Anwaruddin, 2013, 10 Attributes of Jokowi’s Leadership.

Blusukan: Achievements

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Blusukan in Gov 3.0 Perspective

Government Oriented

CitizenOriented

IndividualOriented

Gov 1.0 Gov 2.0 Gov 3.0

“Individual” doesn’t necessarily mean as person, but it also entails individual neighborhood,

individual village, or even individual sub-district.

Expected Impact of Blusukan

Govt. Performance

Effective Devt. Program

Public Trust & Support

Government Closer to People

Blusukan & Happiness Index

Smiling everyday

Greeting each othereveryday

Finding new things everyday

Source: Ridwan Kamil (in Utomo, 2014, Bandung City Smart Innovation)

Future Direction

Replication needs

Policy adoption

Further public participation

Support from GG pillars (CS, PS)

Enrichment from int’l best practices

Jakarta, 11-12 June 2014

Presented in The 1st Asian Public

Governance Forum on Innovation, held by OECD Korea Policy Center and National

Institute of Public Administration, Republic of Indonesia

Tri Widodo W. Utomo

Deputy Chairman for Innovation of Public Administration, NIPA