Some recent developments and articles of interest:

• Craig Thomler suggests that Gov 2.0 and public sector innovation initiatives require having both a business and an IT oriented person in the team
• Ralph Orr writes about ‘integrative innovation’ on his new blog. “Sustainable innovation management is a complex capability that requires dynamic integration of various aspects. Quite often though, discussions about innovation focus on a selection of factors, such as technology, R&D, customers or processes, without taking the bigger and systemic picture into account.”¹
• Tim Kastelle looks at how knowledge businesses are being disrupted by the freeing up of information. Many public sector agencies are also ‘knowledge businesses’ – how might these disruptions affect the ‘business models’ of agencies?
• Nesta’s Centre for Challenge Prizes has shortlisted 6 finalists in their challenge to find ways of reducing food waste in the UK. The six finalists will receive funding of up to £10,000 and help to set up and test their ideas over the next six months and then the winner will be selected in November following the test period
• Alex Howard takes a look at the innovation program of the US Department of Veterans Affairs. “The scale and gravity of the problems that the VA faces demand true innovation: new ideas, technology or methodologies that challenge and improve upon existing processes and systems, improving the lives of people or the function of the society that they live within.”²

As always, please feel free to identify any other recent developments or articles of interest in the comments below.