Tag Archives: idea selection
Service design…..who are we designing for?
What do Sticky notes and a rubber chicken have in common? The possibility to change the world of course! Service Design thinking, for those who haven’t heard of it, is an interdisciplinary approach that offers great value for entrepreneurs and innovators in the field of services. Design thinking can help […]
Weekly bits of interest – 7 November 2011
And we’re back with a bumper weekly bits of interest post. Recent developments and articles of interest: “Can you get things done without making people hate you?” is a post on some psychology research looking at the assertiveness “sweet spot”. “So the tacit belief that you get the best results in business […]
Weekly bits of interest – 11 April 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: The US Government has launched a Good Government site which covers open government and transparency. The UK Government has launched the Red Tape Challenge, an open platform inviting comment on regulations from businesses and the public. This is an example of a […]
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) […]
Weekly bits of interest – 28 March 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: The Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) recently released a paper ”The Future Course of Modern Government: An IPAA Policy Paper” that made some recommendations relating to innovation in government. One of these (in line with recommendation 8 of Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in […]
Weekly bits of interest – 7 February 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: First up, Dr Tim Kastelle from University of Queensland looks at the question of whether you should only execute good ideas, and notes the difficulty of knowing in advance whether an innovation will be valuable or not. “Nevertheless, the correct answer […]
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 – 5 July 2010
Some interesting articles from the past week. Dr John Steen wrote a piece about the challenge of idea selection being a universal problem for the public sector. John also discusses the report Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in the Australian Public Service. In this article, John D. Donahue argues that in the […]