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18 June 2019

Ireland ushers in new era with its Declaration on Public Service Innovation

Innovation Declaration, Updates on the OPSI

Putting public sector innovation at the top of the ‘to-do’ list is not an easy task for government. Even if there’s notional support, trying something new often means that you face inertia, confusion and even…

OPSI Guest Blogger

17 June 2019

Do we need a reorientation for the innovation imaginary?

Research

This is a guest post from Robert Braun, Johannes Starkbaum and Anna Gerhardus of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, and the RiConfigure EU research project (Grant agreement No.: 788047). Public sector innovation is…

innovation theory

One person pitching an idea to another, spelling out all of the caveats that come with an innovation

Alex Roberts

5 June 2019

Hedging your bets: taking a portfolio approach to innovation

How to innovate, Innovation Facets

“I want to do something new. It’s going to take time and effort to get right. I don’t know whether it will work, and even if it does, it won’t instantly be better than what…

portfolio

Alex Roberts

22 May 2019

The OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation: One more step along the innovation journey

Innovation Declaration

Today the Declaration on Public Sector Innovation has been adhered to by national governments from around the world. This is an important milestone in the growing global practice of public sector innovation. It sends a…

Rebecca Santos

22 May 2019

It’s official: The OECD Declaration on Public Sector was adopted today!

Innovation Declaration

40 countries adhere to the OECD Declaration At OECD Headquarters in Paris, France, Ministers from 40 countries officially adopted the OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation today, 22 May 2019! In doing so, they have…

A diamond shape made up of four smaller diamonds. The point of the diamond on the left points towards the words certainty and exploiting/incremental. The point of the diamond on the right points towards the words Uncertainty and exploring/radical. The point of the diamond at the top points to the words Directed and shaping/top-down. The point of the diamond at the bottom points to the words Undirected and responding/bottom-up. The four smaller diamonds are all labelled. the one on the left being 'Enhancement-oriented innovation', the one at the bottom 'Adaptive innovation', the one at the top 'Mission-oriented innovation', the one on the right 'Anticipatory innovation'. The four smaller diamond shapes are separate from each other by an X shape. In the words between each of the diamonds, are descriptions. Between Enhancment-oriented innovation and mission-oriented innovation there is 'sustaining change', between mission-oriented innovation and anticipatory innovation there is 'transformative change', between anticipatory innovation and adaptive innovation there is 'disruptive change', and between adaptive innovation and enhancement-oriented innovation there is optimising change.

Alex Roberts

2 May 2019

Innovation facets and core values: how different forms of innovation can cause different reactions

Innovation Facets

Have new technologies made you reconsider what you hold dear? Has change or innovation ever come into conflict, or sat uncomfortably, with your core values? Why is it that we as individuals can react negatively…

values

Gregory Michener on Ensuring Impartiality through Identity-Neutrality Provisions: the Case of Freedom of Information in Brazil: “The scholarly article on this policy innovation can be found here. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gove.12416” Aug 24, 12:34

Julio Fuster on Getting serious about innovation management: “Sorry it's www.giminstitute.org, the Global Institute for Innovation Management, Boston based with partners in many countries and it's own methodology…” Aug 19, 14:14

Julio Fuster on Getting serious about innovation management: “Great introduction to innovation standards and bodies of knowledge, but www.IAOIP.org Body of Knowledge (to be niw aligned with ISO56000…” Aug 19, 14:02

Jonas Gumbel on Getting serious about innovation management: “Well articulated and inspirational article @magnus karlsson. Thanks!” Aug 16, 17:31

Odeh Al-Jayyousi on World Government Summit at Expo 2020 Dubai dates announced: “I will be pleased to contribute to the Summit as the head of Innovation and PhD program at Arabian Gulf…” Jul 4, 19:11