The daily Heartbreak: Digital Minister Boni and visionary network integration
Heartbreak of the day: Minister of Digitalization Michal Boni on TV this morning discussing how network and IT system integration will be marshaled to solve a protest between the government and doctors about prescription writing rules.
Of course I am thrilled every time I see Boni involved in solving any conflict on any issue. He has the disposition of a born mediator. And the innate ability to stay above the fray, solving immediate thorny problems without ever losing track of the long-term vision. In the government’s prior incarnation, he was the Minister At large for all thorny issues. And he was the only government rep who could be counted on to argue from and with real vision.
The heartbreak is in the recognition that he is gone, to be brought out potentially only in these rare cases when IT can solve a problem.
And the heartbreak was weaved throughout the interview. Minister Boni discussed the viability of setting hard deadlines for IT integration projects, he mentioned the nature of what he had learned from talking to IT managers, he named a few technicalities of the social security systems and health fund systems that need to be integrated in order that information concerning refund rights and insurance coverage prove shareable. He felt obliged to argue that the original system implementation at social security – widely known to be one of the biggest fiascos in the history of Polish reforms – had been a raging success.
So the competition to see who is the greatest visionary in the new government is wide open. No leaders, no favorites, no hints, few odds.
