Category Archives: Innovation Toolkit

Public Sector Innovation Toolkit

Today we announce the launch of the Public Sector Innovation Toolkit, a major new development in our ongoing work to support innovation in the public sector. Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in the Australian Public Service identified that a priority area for action was the establishment and maintenance of an Innovation […]

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Innovation Toolkit – draft roles module

We have previously prepared and asked for comments on two draft Innovation Toolkit modules – ideas management systems, mechanisms of challenge and innovation values. Today we would like your thoughts on the draft module we have prepared on innovation roles. As mentioned, for each of the tools identified in Empowering […]

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Innovation Toolkit – Draft innovation values module

We have previously prepared and asked for comments on two draft Innovation Toolkit modules – ideas management systems and mechanisms of challenge. Today we would like your thoughts on the draft module we have prepared on innovation values. As mentioned, for each of the tools identified in Empowering Change: Fostering […]

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Building a business case – how will you know the idea has worked?

In this post, we take a look at another difficult aspect of developing a business case1 - identifying the outcomes and being able to say what success (or failure) will look like in implementing the idea. You should know what you hope will happen, but how will you assess whether it has worked, and whether its […]

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Building a business case – identifying the resources required

In a previous post we had a look at dealing with risk when preparing a business case. In this post I’ll cover another part of the business case that can be problematic for innovations – identifying what resources will be needed. One of the difficulties in implementing a new idea […]

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Innovation Toolkit – Draft mechanism of challenge module

Following on from our request for comment on the draft ideas management systems module, we would like your input on the draft module on mechanisms of challenge. As mentioned, for each of the tools identified in Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in the Australian Public Service we are developing a ‘module’ […]

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IDEAS – Presentation by Professor English

Have you ever had the problem of having lots of ideas, but not being sure which ones to concentrate your efforts on? Associate Professor Jack English from the Australian Innovation Research Centre (based in Hobart) recently presented to some members of the Public Sector Innovation Network about his Innovation Development Early Assessment System (IDEAS) […]

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Building a business case – dealing with risk

A common task in putting forward an innovative idea – and helping getting the idea selected – is developing the business case. Requirements for business cases can vary depending on how big an idea is and what the initial steps might be, but a fairly standard component is looking at the issue […]

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Innovation Reading List – suggestions?

One of the things I have discovered over the past three years of working on innovation is that it involves a lot of reading. Yet as we all know, information overload is now a continual risk, and particularly for those trying to add innovation to an otherwise already full schedule and […]

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Innovation Toolkit – Draft ideas management systems ‘module’

We’ve previously asked you about what the innovation toolkit should look like. Now we’d like some help with another toolkit question. For each of the tools identified in Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in the Australian Public Service we are developing a ‘module’ to try and provide you with information about […]

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