In late 2015, Dustin embarked with his colleague Paul W. Taylor on a new research project to look at the future of public service through the lens of exponential trends. More importantly, they wanted to identify what the key characteristics would be of a government agency that embraced exponential trends to improve service delivery and internal operations. This process turned into Exponential Government, which will continue to be a research focus of us through e.Republic Labs & Digital Communities throughout 2016. An early glimpse of the research can be viewed below.

You can also watch Dustin give the William P. Hobby Distinguished Lecture at Texas State University on Exponential Government below. 

Exponential Planning

One aspect of Dustin's research involved the way government agencies plan projects - whether technology or roadways - how how to account for the exponential pace of change across multiple verticals. The outcome of this research was the start of Exponential Planning, designed as a planing overlay for government agencies to use in all forms of projects. Click the button below to see the first overview of how exponential planning can be put to practice.