Can humanity manage the consequences of its ingenuity – Daniel Sarewitz
As society and technology develops, how can we manage the resulting complications and complex problems? Are we encountering problems that are too hard to solve? This is an issue that Professor Daniel Sarewitz spoke about at a recent presentation at the Australian National University titled ‘Can humanity manage the consequences of its ingenuity? Technological complexity and the […]
Strategic Innovation and Local Government National Roundtable 8 May 2012
Is there a difference in how you innovate at the Australian Government level as opposed to in local government? I was preoccupied with this question when I recently attended the Strategic Innovation and Local Government National Roundtable organised by the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government and the ANZSOG […]
Weekly bits of interest – 14 May 2012
Some recent developments and articles of interest: How do you organise for successful disruptive innovations? Chris Trimble advises that you cannot do it the way you do everything else. ”Here’s an uncomfortable truth about innovation: No matter how great your idea, you can’t deliver breakthrough innovation without breakthrough organizational design…. Breakthrough innovation is not […]
Innovation in times of constraint – David Albury
Fiscal constraint is currently a key consideration for public sector agencies around the world – how do we innovate when there are so many competing priorities for the resources of agencies? Recently David Albury, from The Innovation Unit in the UK, presented to the Executive Level Leadership Network on the issue of ‘innovation […]
Weekly bits of interest – 7 April 2012
Some recent developments and articles of interest: In the team here we are often asked about definitions of innovation and what it really means. Professor Philip Auerswald provides a frank answer. Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation has officially launched the ‘Centre for Challenge Prizes’ which will bring together expertise and interest in […]
Centre for Excellence – Charter and Governance
[Ken Pettifer is acting Deputy Secretary at the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education] In January, I updated you about the Secretaries Board commitment to establish the Centre for Excellence in Public Sector Design. Since then we have been busy with the various processes and procedural matters […]
Involving your agency in Innovation Week 2012
Planning for Innovation Week 2012 is coming along and we’ve had some great questions about the events of Innovation Week and how people can get involved. Apart from the formal line-up of events that you can find on our site, we encourage you and your agency to participate by holding […]
Weekly bits of interest – 30 April 2012
Some recent developments and articles of interest: Tim Kastelle writes about organisations that have a high level of innovation competence but low innovation commitment - or unicorns as he labels them. “Doing both incremental and more radical innovation at the same time takes conscious effort, because it’s really hard to do. You don’t […]
Weekly bits of interest – 23 April 2012
Some recent developments and articles of interest: Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, has released “The Art of Exit: In search of creative decommissioning“. “In the context of significant and sustained reductions in public spending, changing public expectations and rising demand, those who design and deliver public services have to contend with […]
Video conferencing and virtual meetings across agencies and jurisdictions – how do you do it?
This post is seeking the wisdom of the crowd – so please feel free to pass it on to anyone who you think might have suggestions. Recently I was a participant in a multiple hour meeting that had several interstate attendees, representing agencies from other jurisdictions or from outside of […]