Prior to becoming Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. in March 2012, and prior to that, CTO at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2009, Park co-founded three companies that developed web-based and telehealth solutions for doctors and consumers.
Q – Since you joined HHS, what have you learned about making innovation happen in the government?
I’ve
learned that a lot of the same rules that drive success in private
sector innovation also apply in the public sector. The philosophy I
used extensively in the private sector boiled down to what Eric Ries
calls “lean startup” — the whole idea behind lean startup being that
you want to engage customers early and rapidly prototype solutions in
collaboration with them in order to achieve maximum success.We have successfully applied lean startup principles at HHS across a range of key initiatives. We’ve emphasized the need to rapidly prototype solutions, engage customers in f those solutions as soon as possible, and then quickly and repeatedly iterate those solutions based on working with customers, until we arrive at both an optimal understanding of what customers really want and a solution that delivers what they want.
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http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/04/making-a-difference-innovation-pathway-and-entrepreneurs-in-residence/
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