Category Archives: Events
Ways to implement creative thinking
I was pleased to attend the Creative Innovation 2011 (Ci2011) conference inMelbourne (16-18 November). I gained so much from Ci2011 and, over a series of posts, I would like share the key lessons I learnt. The theme of Ci2011 was “the challenges and opportunities of a super-connected world”. Ci2011 is a effective […]
2nd Western Australian Public Service Innovation Workshop
Forget the box! Don’t just think outside of the box, forget it entirely! That was just one piece of advice that was discussed at the 2nd Western Australian Public Service innovation workshop on Thursday 24 November in Perth. It was a great event with a lot of energy and enthusiasm for […]
Social Innovator Dialogue – Dan Hill, Helsinki Design Lab
On Tuesday 15 November 2011 I was lucky enough to attend the Social Innovator Dialogue discussion in Sydney with Dan Hill, Strategic Design Lead at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, in Helsinki. Dan spoke about strategic design where the public sector and civic life itself is the design challenge and where problems are […]
Manufacturing and Design
The value of design towards achieving innovation goals is becoming more and more appreciated in both the public and private sectors. An upcoming blog post will cover the application of design thinking to the public sector in more detail, but for now, I’ll take a look at the emerging presence […]
Tedx Salon #2 Big Ideas for the Public Service
On Wednesday I attended the Tedx Canberra Salon #2 Big Ideas for the Public Service hosted by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). It was a good turn out and the room was full of conversation when I arrived. The event was officially kicked off by the Secretary of […]
DeepDive Workshop – 11 July 2011 Canberra
Last week we hosted a DeepDive workshop with Bill Eggers, in conjunction with the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and the HC Coombs Policy Forum. Bill Eggers is Global Director for Deloitte Research and Executive Director of Deloitte’s Public Leadership Institute and his recent books on innovation include The […]
International Conference on Best Practices and Innovations in Public Governance
On the blog we often focus on what is happening in Australia and touch upon some of the overseas developments in public sector innovation. Many of the relevant reports and case studies point to similarities in the issues being faced here and overseas in strengthening public sector innovation capability. But […]
Innovation and Evaluation: Are output-outcome financial frameworks stifling innovation in government?
The other day I was lucky enough to attend a talk at the Canberra Evaluation Forum given by Dr Mark Matthews, Executive Director of the HC Coombs Policy Forum based at ANU. His talk was titled ‘Evaluations and Innovation: Why improvements to dealing with uncertainty and risk in evaluation are […]
Launch of the APS Innovation Action Plan – Agency Events?
As mentioned by Patricia Kelly in her last post on the outcomes of the APS 200 project on public sector innovation, one of the outcomes of the project is the APS Innovation Action Plan. The aim of the Innovation Action Plan is to capture some of the concrete initiatives being […]
Practical tools to drive innovation
Creativity; its all around us, but what does creativity mean for the public sector? When we look for creative outcomes, what are we actually looking for? We know that two key aspects of creativity are novelty and usefulness, and that understanding these components can help us apply creative thinking to […]