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2011 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management
There is a lot of innovation that happens in the public sector, but sometimes it can be very difficult to know or hear about it. To help address this, the APS Innovation Action Plan noted that awards to celebrate and share innovations fromAustralia’s public sector are important. They help others […]
Weekly bits of interest – 12 December 2011
Recent developments and articles of interest: Have you been involved in an outstanding innovation? You might want to consider nominating them for the 2011-12 Commonwealth Association for Public Administration & Management (CAPAM) international innovations awards. Nominations are due by 31 March 2012. Tim Kastelle asks “When was the last time you […]
Weekly bits of interest – 6 December 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the past week: The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) have released a Gov 2.0 Primer. The Primer describes common scenarios when agencies can use Government 2.0 approaches and an overview of common interactive online tools such as blogs and wikis. The innovation expert […]
Weekly bits of interest – 22 November 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the past week: In this piece Dr Tim Kastelle, University of Queensland proposes an innovation matrix to consider the innovation performance of organisations. Importantly, Tim notes that the innovation process is a journey and increasing innovation commitment and competence is not something to be done […]
Weekly bits of interest – 15 November 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the past week: The US Government has announced the finalists for the 2010 SAVE Award. More than 18,000 ideas were put forward by employees of the US Government on how to cut waste, save money, and boost performance. Ellie Runcie from the UK Design Council writes […]
Weekly bits of interest – 1 November 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the past week: Tim Kastelle, from the University of Queensland, asks whether your organisation can pass the bus test for innovation. The Victorian Public Service is holding its VPS Hack Day, an initiative under its Gov 2.0 Action Plan, on 18 November.
Weekly bits of interest – 21 June 2010
Some interesting articles from the past week: In this post Dr Tim Kastelle looks at why it is usually better to test ideas at an earlier stage rather than perfecting them. Dr Kastelle notes that “Version 2.0 will nearly always be better than the original. The lesson is this – don’t search […]