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Register for GovCamp 2013

Do you want to meet and mix with over 100 other people interested in the public sector doing things better? Do you want to hear from leaders and expert practitioners and thinkers about innovation and change in the public sector? To participate in a day of talks, workshops and panel […]

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Innovation Month 2013 – Mark the dates!

Are you interested in new and different ideas about how to do things in the public sector? Do you want to hear from others about new ways of thinking, designing, and delivering services? Would you like to connect with others who share your interest in exploring how things could be […]

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Innovation toolkit – making IDEAS interactive

One of my favourite features of our Public Sector Innovation Toolkit is the IDEAS framework, developed by Professor John English. It’s a simple series of questions that help you consider whether an idea is ready to be pursued. I find it a really useful tool for helping me assess my ideas and […]

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Launch of the APS Innovation Action Plan

In my last post about the APS 200 project on public sector innovation, I mentioned some of the directions of the final project report. Today an important outcome of that project is being released – the Australian Public Service Innovation Action Plan. This document, signed by the members of the […]

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Innovation Toolkit – Diagnostic Tool

My colleague Alex Roberts has written about the launch of the Public Sector Innovation Toolkit. In this post I want to take a closer look at one specific element of the Toolkit – the diagnostic tool. To assist practitioners with identifying strengths and weaknesses in the innovation process in their […]

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