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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 […]

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Designing Government Practice with Christian Bason

In October, I wrote about our investigations into the development of a MindLab-like space in the Australian Government. Well, week-before-last we were fortunate to spend some time with the head of the Danish MindLab, Christian Bason, who was in Australia as part of the Social Innovator Dialogues. This was our […]

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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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MindLab – A Danish public sector innovation lab and a stage for public sector collaboration

I recently visited the Danish MindLab in Copenhagen. A collaboration between the Danish Ministries of Economic and Business Affairs, Taxation and Employment, MindLab is a cross-Ministry innovation lab that facilitates the active involvement of citizens and businesses in developing new public sector solutions. MindLab specialises in facilitating discussions between public […]

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