Tag Archives: innovation system
Weekly bits of interest – 5 December 2011
Recent developments and articles of interest: The Institute for Public Administration Australia (IPAA) has released a report “Getting Serious on Client Service” looking at how the public sector can make further improvements to client services (including through public sector innovation). Scott Keller and Colin Price look at five questions that […]
Weekly bits of interest – 18 July 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last two weeks: The US Government has announced their third annual SAVE (Securing Americans Value and Efficiency) Award, which is a contest for federal employees to submit ideas about how to cut waste, save taxpayer dollars, and make government more effective and efficient. Prompted by […]
Ideas Central – Ideas management at the Department of Innovation
One of the things I have found in my two years researching and investigating public sector innovation is that a great deal of attention is paid to the beginning stage of the innovation process – the generation of ideas. But in some ways that is the least important phase as organisations rarely […]
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 – 8 November 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the past week: In this speculative piece, Chris Dolan puts forward 10 predictions on innovation for organisations in 2020. Laura Blunt from NESTA in the UK writes that the goal for public sector organisations should not be to create an innovation culture for the sake […]
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 – 18 October 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the past week: John Kotter writes about what to do when your innovative idea is responded to with “we already tried that”. In this post H. James Wilson and Kevin Desouza write about the zombie workplace (where creative people and good ideas disturbingly molder). […]
Weekly bits of interest – 12 July 2010
Some interesting articles from the past week: In this post Dr Tim Kastelle from the University of Queensland looks at the need for organisations to concentrate on an overall innovation system, rather than just a single solution. “Don’t look for the silver bullet, one-size-fits-all solution to create innovation within your […]