Category Archives: Innovation Theory

Open wide, come inside, it’s innovation

This is a post from our colleagues Brant Smith and Helen Bailey at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Imagine if you could solve your problem by simply asking a question? Chances are that one of your colleagues or someone outside your department already has the solution to your […]

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Different Types of Innovation in the Public Sector

A question that public servants often face is ‘What is the right response to this problem?’ In the public service there are frameworks, guides, tools, policies and previous experiences to help public servants answer that question. Sometimes the answer will be ‘an innovative response’ – possibly a significant, ongoing shift […]

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Options Thinking and Innovation in the Public Sector

One of the things we aim to do with the blog is to share insights and information that help us understand the process and nature of public sector innovation. This week members of the Public Sector Innovation Network in Canberra had the opportunity to hear Dr John Steen from the […]

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