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3 August 2020

Moving from sprint to marathon: Lessons learned from the German #wirvsvirus hackathon and its implementation program

This OPSI guest blog, written by Thomas Gegenhuber (Leuphana University Lüneburg/Johannes Kepler University Linz), Johanna Mair (Hertie School/Stanford University), Rene Lührsen (Hertie School/Leuphana University Lüneburg) and Laura Thäter Lührsen (Hertie School/Leuphana University Lüneburg) shares insights…

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

James Mohun

9 June 2020

Meet-up: Rules as Code Draft Innovation Primer

Emerging Tech, Event

Recently, OPSI released its third Innovation Primer on Rules as Code (RaC) for public consultation. Cracking the Code: Rulemaking for humans and machines seeks to provide a clear, understandable introduction to an emerging and sometimes…

Emerging technology Rules as code

Three figures, one standing still saying "Yes! Things will go back to the old normal now", one holding a light bulb and saying "I hope we can keep some of the new things that we did", and one on a scooter saying "Window of opportunity! Let's change everything"

Alex Roberts

14 May 2020

Public sector innovation and COVID-19: practitioner perspective webinar

Covid-19, Event

“We were trying to change the normal before the crisis – we don’t want to return to that normal” (Bruno Monteiro). As witnessed by the growing collection in our innovative responses tracker, there is currently a surge…

covid19

OPSI Guest Blogger

12 December 2019

The power of connections in an innovative public sector

Event

This blog was authored by Alexander Metcalfe, Head of Public Sector Policy, ACCA As the global body for professional accountants, connections matter a great deal to us and our many stakeholders. We believe wholeheartedly in…

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…