Efforts are underway to bring transformation in the civil service. The Royal Civil Service Commission’s Executive Forum which concluded today focused on how leadership can serve as a catalyst for transformation. The forum emphasized on self-reflection, re-examining current practices, and setting a vision for the future.
Nearly 100 senior executives from ministries, agencies, and districts attended the forum in the capital.
With the theme “Enlightened Entrepreneurial Bureaucracy – 10X Productivity,” executives discussed strategies to enhance efficiency and innovation.
It focused on fostering better collaboration and entrepreneurial methods within their organizations.
Tashi Pem, Chairperson, RCSC said “After ten years, the bureaucracy should be in a position to take over GMC and converge with GMC in His Majesty’s Diamond Strategy. So, a good starting point for change is with the leadership team in the civil service. The Executive Forum has called the leaders to come together and do a self-reflection on what is our current status and what is our target, and when we intend to reach this enlightened bureaucracy.”
Phuntsho Namgyal, Director of the Department of Geology and Mines said “Leadership of self is very important. Before you try and transform others, you should transform yourself. So, that is the most important reflection and takeaway from such a forum. Our work culture should not be based on complaints and talking about constraints. Rather, we should think about innovation, creativity, and being agile and productive for the society.”
“We would like to focus on five key areas starting this year. One is service excellence, two is operations efficiency and fiscal stewardship, third is we want to make the ministry the great place to work for everyone and fourth is we want to make sure that talent retention happens and last but not least to work in partnership with our key stakeholders,” said Tashi Wangmo, Secretary of Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment.
Karma Tshering, Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources said “We would also like to look at the usefulness of several rules and regulations that we have and if not necessary, we will remove them and wherever necessary, we will also try to harmonise and come up with a lesser version of the rules and regulations for the convenience of clients.”
The forum concluded with executives pledging actionable commitments to strategize for meaningful change.
Kinzang Lhadon
Edited by Tshering Zam
