 We're going through an era of continuing social upheaval. The stage of global politics is much more crowded because of the technology. The future for government is to transform itself, to meet the growing demands and expectations of the public. We have to find a way to move and use technology to engage citizenships, to explain policy. We have to start making decisions in a different way. Aren't there ways that we can make government better? The World Economic Forum created a global agenda council on the future of government, leaders from government, business, civil society and academia to think about innovative ways that governments can work with different stakeholders to create services that benefit citizens, creating new public value. The governmental sector has to be increasing its productivity, in that way becoming much more like the private sector. There's some governments that do some things better than others. Beijing have terrible problems with smart American cities like Los Angeles cut that back. China has developed a marvelous high-speed rail between cities. The Americans don't have that. How can we develop the smart toolbox to transfer those lessons from one to another? Governments to be successful in the future need to know what they have to do themselves, when they need to outsource and when they need to work in partnerships. The future of government global agenda councils is highlighting some of those examples and seeing where they're transferable, where they're scalable and what can be learned from them. We'll be able to come up with new solutions and new ideas that will enable governments to act with more transparency, more accountability and hopefully be able to develop better services to the citizens in the 21st century.