Blockchain Hustle

Episode 23: Blockchain in the New Norm - Part 2 (Introduction - Safe back to work)

What does a Safe back to Work mean to you as an employee? And what is it for you as an enterprise? What systems need to be put in place to instil a sense of safety and security – not just for your employees but also for your business stakeholders? And while at this, can you help in facilitating a quick and safe quest for successful medical solution(s) for this pandemic?

I set the context for these in this episode of Blockchain in the New norm – along with some criteria for the feasible solutions. And yes, also how blockchain is becoming an important cog – or should I say a vital link in this.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]    Introduction

[00.53]   Safe back to Office – Employee 

[02.00]   Safe back to Business – Enterprise

[02.28]   Being Safe

[02.58]   Types of solutions & categorizing them

[05.18]    Pertinent points for any feasible solutions

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Blockchain in the New norm - Part 1 (Introduction)

How has the Covid-19 pandemic redefined work and business? How are enterprises assuring a Safe back to work? How are they getting back to transacting business in the new norm? And how is Blockchain helping enterprises through this transition?

I take a look at this in my new podcast series – Blockchain in the New Norm. To start with, I plan to look at 2 topics under this – (a) Safe back to Work and (b) Repurposing of Supply Chains.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]    Introduction to this series – Blockchain in the New Norm

[01.12]    Topics to be covered – 

                       a. Safe back to Work

                       b. Repurposing your Supply chains

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Episode 21: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 14 (Summary & Wrap-up)

I started this series with an attempt to share with a friend some pointers towards how blockchain helps in the public sector. Bet even she did not realize that her brief query would result into a 14 episodes podcast series delve!!

The objective is to look at the inherent role of public sector along with citizens’ expectations from it. Identify the gaps and then see if blockchain can help there.

Here is a summary of what we explored in this complete Blockchain in public sector series.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]    Introduction to this episode

[01.22]     Part 1: Introduction to the series (https://tinyurl.com/rbdj77a)

[01.27]     Part 2: In the 2^nd episode I set down the primary context - basis which we would explore the infrastructure required and how blockchain comes up as an important lever. Presented the role of the government (and hence public sector) along with the expectations of the citizens. So mainly the transforming public – private engagements. (https://tinyurl.com/y76yly6j)

[01.50]     Part 3: Here I listed a few required facets and corresponding blockchain features that can be leveraged for the transforming public -private engagements. This was followed by main areas in public sector holding the most promise for blockchain accompanied by broad outlines of specific groups of use cases. (https://youtu.be/wmrx6o0au14)

[02.14]     Part 4: Episodes 4 to 9 had shares of real life bc projects undertaken by the public sector across the world. And for this I picked up a diverse set of applications and purpose. In the 4^th episode I shared Georgia’s efforts towards bringing a secure and efficient land registry via blockchain. This episode also showcased how Malta has addressed issues with academic credential verification, storage and transferability using blockchain.(https://tinyurl.com/y4g7oucr)

[03.01]     Part 5: Episode 5 had share from Netherlands and Switzerland - Enhanced targetting of Public money, an improved cost efficient secure and transparent Pension administration and a Decentralized identity for citizens (https://tinyurl.com/y2tvna2n)

[03.19]     Part 6: Covered some insights from a few projects done in Europe (https://tinyurl.com/yxzdsm7x)

[03.26]     Part 7: Included key insights from projects in India - Sanctity of single source of truth, Suitability of atomic vs. non-atomic transactions, Integration with legacy systems, Initial cost of implementation – these and more are part of some key learnings from blockchain projects pursued by India think tank, Niti Aayog (https://tinyurl.com/yyeuheft)

[03.55]     Part 8 and 9: Covered examples from UAE and Thailand (https://tinyurl.com/y99lugzp, https://tinyurl.com/y9fung8r)

[04.02]     Part 10: Looked at the blockchain use case selection framework. Blockchain has been evolving from a hot tech disruption buzzword towards actual business. But before jumping onto the bandwagon there is one basic question we need to answer and that is – To Blockchain or not to blockchain (https://tinyurl.com/y47qrwea)

[04.34]     Part 11 and 12: Looked at how blockchain can help address corruption, what are the major corruption subjects and a look into some examples where the public sector is leveraging blockchain to mitigate – if not eliminate this problem. (https://tinyurl.com/yappaljz, https://tinyurl.com/y6wxzo79)

[05.02]     Part 13: Shared some overall common characteristics of initial blockchain projects picked by public sector along with key points to keep in mind at blockchain implementation (https://youtu.be/Gf8Ef0xu3c0)

[05.24]     Wrap-up

So, this brings us to the end of this podcast series on blockchain for public sector. Hope you have found this helpful and also enjoyed listening to this series – I for one did enjoy making this. Will shortly come back with a new topic. Should you have any suggestions on this, give me shout out. 

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Episode 20: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 13 (Learnings)

Over the last several episodes in this series, I have shared quite a few examples from multiple geographies and spanning various public sector initiatives anchored in blockchain like land title registry, traceability of agri-produce, disbursement of public funds and subsidies, secure data exchange, credentials verification, decentralized identity and others. 

From these initial blockchain projects, there a few common characteristics which stand out. I consider them as learnings as these may help provide a perspective to entities which are on the adoption threshold. Sharing the same here in this 13^th episode of Blockchain in Public sector series.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]    Introduction to this episode

[01.51]    Some common characteristics of initial blockchain projects picked up by public sector

[04.39]    Points to keep in mind at blockchain implementation

[07.14]    Need for a blockchain infrastructure

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Episode 19: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 12 (Combat Corruption)

After talking about using blockchain to fight corruption subjects – Registration of assets, tracking of transactions, Identity management and voting – here is the second part taking a look at another corruption target i.e. government procurement. Plus a few thoughts on overall strategy with blockchain to combat corruption.

All this here in the 12^th episode of Blockchain in Public sector series.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]     Recap and introduction to this episode

[00.45]     Government procurements

[06.39]     Blockchain backbone for anti-corruption infra – some key elements

[10.30]     Preferred blockchain platform

[11.25]     Is tech enough?

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Episode 18: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 11 (Combating Corruption)

How to solve a problem like corruption?

Corruption is strongly associated with opaque, hidden transactions, distorting of documents and records. Blockchain provides transparency, and immutability. Corruption is associated with centralization and misuse of power - a strong link is observed between number of intermediaries and corruption. And Blockchain is all about decentralization. So, can blockchain help curb corruption and instill trust in public services? Possibly so. 

A look at how blockchain can potentially serve as a strong anti-corruption instrument - in this 11^th episode of Blockchain in Public sector series.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]    Introduction to this episode

[01.45]    Blockchain as an anti-corruption instrument

[02.27]    Corruption subjects

[02.57]    Registration of assets

[04.12]    Tracking of transactions

[06.01]    Identity management

[06.53]    Elections/Voting

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Episode 17: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 10 (To Blockchain, or not to Blockchain)

Blockchain has been evolving from a hot tech disruption buzzword towards actual business. But before jumping onto the bandwagon with all your resources and guns firing, there is one basic question we need to answer and that is – To Blockchain or not to Blockchain.

A look at a Blockchain use case selection Framework in this 10^th episode of Blockchain in Public sector series.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]     Recap and Introduction to this episode

[01.21]     Blockchain use case selection framework

[02.06]     Some factors basis stakeholders

[05.30]     Some factors basis assets type

[07.45]     Some factors basis transactions and data involved

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Episode 16: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 9 (Some examples - Thailand)

Data management and exchange, Identity management, Traceability and food safety – these are the 3 major blockchain use cases cited by Thailand’s Digital Government Agency (DGA). The Thailand government has undertaken blockchain projects across transportation and logistics, Voting, Tracking agri produce, Tourist VAT refunds, Government e-procurement, National trade platform and more. 

A brief overview on these in this 9^th episode of Blockchain in Public sector series.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]    Introduction to this episode

[01.31]    3 major use cases of blockchain in public sector from Thailand’s DGA

[02.46]   Some blockchain projects

[08.32]   Wrap-up of share of examples of public sector blockchain projects pan certain geographies

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Episode 15: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 8 (Some examples - UAE)

Supporting a secure data exchange by Abu Dhabi Digital Authority and the Smart Dubai blockchain payment reconciliation and settlement project are a couple of UAE public sector projects. A key finding here is that the core challenge remains in strategic, operational and regulatory aspects of implementation – rather than on the technical.

A brief overview along with some key findings on the deployment challenges and success factors from UAE in this 8^th episode of Blockchain in Public sector series.

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]    Introduction to this episode

[02.04]    A peek into blockchain in UAE – Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021 and Dubai Blockchain Strategy 2020

[02.13]    Secure data exchange by Abu Dhabi Digital Authority

[03.11]    Smart Dubai blockchain payment reconciliation and settlement project

[04.38]    Key findings - Challenges

[07.06]    Key findings – Success factors

[08.22]    Wrap-up

 

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Episode 14: Blockchain in Public sector - Part 7 (Some insights from India)

Sanctity of single source of truth, Suitability of atomic vs. non-atomic transactions, Integration with legacy systems, Initial cost of implementation – these and more as part of some key learnings from blockchain projects pursued by India think tank, Niti Aayog.  

Welcome to the Blockchain Hustle where I take a look at some interesting plays of how blockchain technology is opening up new business vistas across multiple industries. 

TIME STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[00.17]     Introduction to this episode

[02.04]    Learnings from some of the projects done by Niti Aayog, India

[02.13]    Sanctity of Single source of truth

[03.11]     Clear shared view of requirements

[04.38]    Integration with legacy systems

[07.06]     Limitations of Smart contracts

[08.22]    Suitability of atomic vs. non atomic transactions

[10.00]     Cost of implementation

[10.59]     Human resource constraints

[11.33]     Summary

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