I'm just finishing up a book called Rebooting a Nation on how the country of Estonia modernized so quickly after independence from the Soviet Union and became a leader in tech and e-government. It should start shipping on Amazon in the U.S. later this week! Happy to chat with folks who have questions about the publishing industry from an authors perspective (I ended up signing with Hurst in the UK which distributes through Oxford University Press).
Very cool. Fun username too. I know Estonia has been an amazing leader in this space. Any thoughts on how their gov digitization compares/contrasts with Ukraines DIIA efforts?
Thanks! I think one of the main differences is timing -- Estonia started 20+yrs before Ukraine so in a way they're quite far ahead in terms of systems/process maturity. However, because Ukraine started later they were able to skip over desktop and build just for mobile which is where the vast majority of folks interact with e-services these days, so in a way Diia (at least from a user interface perspective) if probably further ahead than Estonia which had to invest in both desktop and mobile platforms and was a bit slower to move on the latter. Overall, I find Diia and the pace of innovation from the team building it incredibly impressive.
https://shorturl.at/LKMxS (Amazon link)