In this episode of the GX Podcast we interview Ryan Androsoff, Director of Digital Leadership Programs  at the Institute on Governance, Canada and former co-founder of the Canadian Digital Service (CDS). Listen to Ryan talk about the origins of the pioneering Canadian Digital Service (CDS), trust in governments vis-a-vis digital, showing what's possible during a crisis, policy entwined with technology, ever increasing significance of digital literacy in public servants, governments engaging on social media, paradigm shift to personalized AI assistants and AI intermediaries helping with government services in the future...and much more! About Ryan Ryan Androsoff is an international expert on digital government and an enthusiastic advocate for the use of digital technology and user-centred design approaches. With a passion for public sector entrepreneurship, Ryan has two decades of experience working with a variety of government and international organizations in Canada, the United States, and Europe. An experienced and dynamic presenter, Ryan has delivered hundreds of presentations over the past decade on various aspects of digital transformation and public sector innovation to audiences ranging from senior executive committees, to keynote addresses at conferences, to live webinar training sessions. Currently Ryan has partnered with the Institute on Governance to lead their Digital Executive Leadership Program for public sector executives, and is serving as a consultant for government organizations to advise on their digital transformation efforts. Previously, Ryan was a Co-Founder of the Canadian Digital Service, a startup organization within the Canadian government launched in 2017 with the mission of helping government design, prototype, and build better digital services. From 2010-16 he had served as Senior Policy Advisor on a variety of digital government initiatives in the Government of Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat, and in 2015 took on a one-year assignment with the OECD's digital government team in Paris, France. Ryan is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he earned a Master in Public Policy degree, with research focused on the impacts for governments of new digital technologies. Ryan can be reached at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanandrosoff/ and on Twitter at @RyanAndrosoff. Host Ian Khan Ryan is interviewed by Futurist and Host of the GX Podcast Ian Khan. Learn more about Ian at www.iankhan.com Learn more about GX at https://gx.ae/