Had the opportunity to be the MC for a conference/ workshop entitled Reinventing Public Services yesterday. The participants were essentially big guns from various ministries.
The first speaker had the participants think about the following:
Why I do my job
For me the first one was easy peasy; considering I've only just entered the civil service and this is something I've personally given a lot of thought to anyways. But I should note that this was a really really hard thing for senior government officials to do. Sure, they could answer why they joined the government all those years ago. But why do they do their job NOW?
But if things turn out the way I want them to, wouldn't I be a senior government official one day? Would I then be struggling to find an answer?
At what point am I most reminded of the reason above
Oh boy, was this a hard one. I can rattle a list of frustrating things that happen day in day out that discourage me, but what REMINDS me of why I'm here? For now, the only thing I can think of is the TAPS programme and RSOG. What happens when I lose this amazing support system of people who keep telling me I'm amazing?
What would happen if I did my job outstandingly this year
The first speaker had the participants think about the following:
Why I do my job
For me the first one was easy peasy; considering I've only just entered the civil service and this is something I've personally given a lot of thought to anyways. But I should note that this was a really really hard thing for senior government officials to do. Sure, they could answer why they joined the government all those years ago. But why do they do their job NOW?
But if things turn out the way I want them to, wouldn't I be a senior government official one day? Would I then be struggling to find an answer?
At what point am I most reminded of the reason above
Oh boy, was this a hard one. I can rattle a list of frustrating things that happen day in day out that discourage me, but what REMINDS me of why I'm here? For now, the only thing I can think of is the TAPS programme and RSOG. What happens when I lose this amazing support system of people who keep telling me I'm amazing?
What would happen if I did my job outstandingly this year
I was super surprised by this one. The answer is "I have no clue".
I'm thinking I should really make this an annual exercise.
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