Kent Aitken, Author at Observatory of Public Sector Innovation Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

1 October 2020

Sensemaking possibilities #3: refining tools and testing them against futures of government

The OPSI mission has three pillars: Uncovering emerging practice and identifying what’s next Turning the new into the normal Providing trusted advice In 2020, the work that supports this mission shifted sharply; suddenly, there was…

Fingers exploring a map of interconnected nodes and elements.

Kent Aitken

21 July 2020

Sensemaking possibilities #2: tools and analyses to support local and global sensemaking

Updates on the OPSI

Recently I posted about a sensemaking project to collect, curate, and provide tools to understand and contextualize the many ideas emerging from the COVID-19 crisis. Over the past months, there has been a deluge of…

Documents and sticky notes scattered across a table

Kent Aitken

16 July 2020

Country scan: the public sector innovation system of Latvia

Country Studies, Updates on the OPSI

The Observatory is conducting an analysis of the public sector innovation system of Latvia, and we would like to share a project overview and update for anyone interested in innovation systems, the research approach, or how international lessons…

Kent Aitken

9 July 2020

Dialogue session #1: States of Change Learning Festival

Covid-19, Event, Government After Shock, Interview

In a year marked by sudden and massive change, there is a duty amidst all the turmoil to take stock of what public governance gaps are revealed, and where we can learn lessons. At the…

2020 After Shock Dialogue Network

Call for Innovative Government Responses to COVID-19

Kent Aitken

1 July 2020

COVID-19: Innovative responses update #9

Covid-19

This is our ninth update about innovative responses (including public sector innovation, digital government or open government) being undertaken around the world. Thank you again to all who have contributed in answer to our call and to our partners (including the Centre for Public Impact and GovInsider) for helping…

covid19

Kent Aitken

15 June 2020

Sensemaking possibilities: sharing recommendations and narratives that are emerging in response to the Covid-19 crisis

Covid-19, Government After Shock, Updates on the OPSI

The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation team has been focused on a set of questions emerging from the Covid-19 crisis this year: how are governments around the world responding? What can we learn from responses…