Subject to stagnation

I’m currently reading Subject to Change, the book from Adaptive path. Good Reading. It doesn’t do wonders for your faith in certain politicians, though.

Here in the Netherlands, the government is seriously botching the introduction of RFID public transport passes, while the entire country hates the very idea. Our ‘old’ paper system has tons of advantages over the new contraption. At the same time, one of our ministers is hell-bent on getting the train system to work towards a no-timetable system where there would just be a train ‘every 10 minutes or so’.

That last idea may have some merit, and it could actually be an example of setting an experiential goal and transforming your organisation to deliver it. But most train-travellers are commuters, taking the same train every day. I’m sure there’s a lot more to be gained by making that train ride better in stead of focussing on what trains you can take.

(news links in Dutch, sorry)