Kevin Richman, Author at Observatory of Public Sector Innovation Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

14 January 2020

A scan of the Israeli public sector innovation system

Making the invisible visible. While this is one of my favourite phrases from our 2019 Global Trends report, it is also the phrase I find myself using to describe OPSI’s work with public sector innovation…

innovation system

Kevin Richman

9 October 2019

Latvia ‘Declares to Innovate’…and gets to work!

Event, Innovation Declaration

Recently, OPSI travelled to Latvia to participate in the top-level managers conference “Dare + experiment + create = innovation.” This event, hosted by the State Chancellery and #GovLabLatvia, sought to further build the innovative capacity…

Kevin Richman

24 July 2019

Latvia accelerates innovation with the OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation

Event, How to innovate, Innovation Declaration

In May, 40 countries officially adopted the OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation. In the months since the formal adoption, countries are exploring how to use the OECD declaration to help boost their own public…

Kevin Richman

24 October 2018

Upcoming webinars – Innovation 101 and Canada Innovation System Review!

Event, How to innovate, Innovation Lifecycle, Systems Thinking

When we opened up registration for our first webinar, we knew there was pent up demand to use different mediums to share OPSI’s knowledge, expertise, and thinking, but we were not sure if webinars were…

Kevin Richman

14 August 2018

The Next Innovation Skills Webinar

Event, How to innovate, Innovation Lifecycle, Innovation Skills

“We need more innovation!” It’s a phrase we hear a lot. Politicians, Ministers, Secretary Generals, organisational leaders, and middle managers – mostly everyone agrees that the public sector needs to increase innovation capacity. In response,…