Step 10: Iterate
“The city has undergone many changes during the last five thousand years; and further changes are doubtless in store. . . . Significant improvements will come only through applying art and thought to the city’s central human concerns.”
- Lewis Mumford, The City in History83
Summary:
- An after-action review is a useful tool for understanding what worked and what did not work for a given local authority. The findings from the after-action review are applied to future iterations of the feedback loop and government responsiveness process.
You’ve closed the loop and reported the results to the public, or you’ve arrived here from the end of Step 8 and are starting the implementation process. What is next?
The feedback loop process is a powerful method when used to identify and resolve a single problem, but it has increasing power when it is used repeatedly. We recommend making the feedback loop process a normal part of business for local authorities.