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APS200 Project on Public Sector Innovation – Final Post

I am delighted to advise that we have now achieved endorsement from the Secretaries Board to our final report on how to implement action to make our public service more innovative. It has been a truly collaborative journey working closely with 7 other agencies to highlight the actions the leadership, […]

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APS 200 Project – April Update

My name is Tricia Berman and I’m the General Manager of the Innovation Policy Branch, which has been supporting the APS200 project on innovation in the public sector.  The past few months since the Chair of the project committee, Patricia Kelly, last blogged have been busy, both for the project […]

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An Innovation Action Plan – putting innovation into action in the APS

If there was one thing that the public service could do to increase innovation in the APS, what do you think it should be? In her recent update on the APS 200 project on public sector innovation, Patricia Kelly noted that the project committee was looking at the development of […]

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APS 200 Public Sector Innovation Project – update

I am chairing the APS200 project on public sector innovation that DIISR Secretary, Mark Paterson referred to in his post in August. I want to give you an update on where the project is up to, and what lies ahead.

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MindLab concept workshop

Does your agency have a designated space or group to facilitate problem-solving and the design of policy or services? You may be surprised to know that there are a number of examples of this in the Australian Public Service ranging from Betaworks in the ABS to the Concept Lab (Centrelink) […]

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APS 200 Public Sector Innovation Project

I am Mark Paterson, Secretary of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and I want to share with you information about a new project that I am sponsoring. The Project aims to find ways of promoting innovation in the Australian Public Service (APS). There is a growing recognition […]

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