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10 March 2020

OPSI Up North: Anticipating the Future of Youth in Finland

H2020, How to innovate, Updates on the OPSI

In December 2019, OPSI launched a partnership with ITLA Children’s Foundation in Finland. The aim of the work is to examine mechanisms of Anticipatory Innovation Governance and to test some of these out on fast-changing…

anticipatory innovation anticipatory innovation governance future futures and foresight

Juho Lindman

26 February 2020

Wanted: examples of blockchain in government (both ones that worked, and ones that didn’t)

Emerging Tech, Updates on the OPSI

tl;dr: The OECD is working with a blockchain expert on research on the uncertain promise of blockchain for government. As part of the research, we are interested in collecting public sector experiences on 1)…

Blockchain

Alex Roberts

11 February 2020

Enhancing the Toolkit Navigator: Amplifying the voice of users

Innovation Toolkit, Updates on the OPSI

Which toolkits or guidance about tools have you found useful in helping you apply a new or different method or approach to your work? We are seeking your help in enhancing the OPSI Toolkit Navigator…

A series of questions written on sticky-notes on a board

Alex Roberts

22 January 2020

What makes for a good innovation strategy?

How to innovate

It can be hard to make strategy something that is actionable and that leads to real change. Strategy comes up against how things actually work, and can often be the loser (Culture eats strategy for…

strategy

Kevin Richman

14 January 2020

A scan of the Israeli public sector innovation system

Country Studies, Research

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

Alex Roberts

7 January 2020

Audit and innovation: an uneasy relationship

How to innovate, Research

If you talk to public servants anywhere in the world about innovation, it usually doesn’t take long before the words “risk aversion” come up in conversation. A lot of people feel that trying new things…

Heather Buisman on Call for Innovative Government Solutions to COVID-19: “Dear Avais - the case is currently row 14. We made some changes to the form, so the row may…” Apr 9, 13:46

Kent Aitken on Building a project incubator at OPSI: “Hi Sharon, That rules out the role of project proponent, but I can connect back when we have a pilot…” Apr 9, 12:59

Avais Ijaz on Call for Innovative Government Solutions to COVID-19: “Hi Heather Can you confirm what the cell number is for my entry as I dont appear to see it…” Apr 9, 00:15

Sharon Zivkovic on Building a project incubator at OPSI: “Hi Kent Unfortunately I am not eligible to participate as I am not operating in an EU country. All the…” Apr 8, 14:47

Thom on Building a project incubator at OPSI: “I am wondering if a collaborative project to imagine some new futures would be of interest? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vdrFkVLyXxICq2HTFyhX1BIks-9edYO9OEgKLK33vw0/edit” Apr 8, 14:14