Innovation portfolio management is an emerging topic in the public sector that serves to systematically steer different types of innovation within organisations as well as in wider ecosystems. This report contains a summary of research and insights from practice on innovation portfolios.
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OPSI reports, primers, briefs, and frameworks to support public sector innovation
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Tackling Policy Challenges Through Public Sector Innovation: A strategic portfolio approach
This report discusses how steering innovation investment in public sector organisations through a portfolio approach can help governments respond to the multi-faceted challenges they face. Portfolio management is a well-known device in the financial sector, allowing for dynamic decision-making processes involving regular reviews of activity and ensuring a coherent distribution of resources among strategic options. The report illustrates how this approach can be applied by public sector…
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Measuring Public Sector Innovation: Why, when, how, for whom and where to? (Innovation Lifecycle…
The OECD and the European Commission supported a series of studies to better understand the innovation process. This paper focuses on measuring public sector innovation, arguing that while measurement and evaluation should be mutually reinforcing, they should not be seen as interchangeable entities.
Enhancement-oriented innovation upgrades practices, achieves efficiencies and better results, and builds on existing structures. This report contains a summary of research and insights from practice on enhancement-oriented innovation.
Adaptive innovation tests and tries new approaches in order to respond to a changing operating environment. This report contains a summary of research and insights from practice on adaptive innovation.
Anticipatory innovation explores and engages with emergent issues that might shape future priorities and future commitments. This report contains a summary of research and insights from practice on anticipatory innovation.
Mission-oriented innovation establishes a clear outcome and an overarching objective for achieving a specific mission. This report contains a summary of research and insights from practice on mission-oriented innovation.
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Evaluating Public Sector Innovation: Support or hindrance to innovation? (Innovation Lifecycle 5a/6)
This report explores how governments are upskilling and investing in people in innovative ways. The report is part of the 2020 Trends Report series, an annual trends report developed by the OECD-OPSI and the UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI).
The third annual trends report by the OECD-OPSI and the UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI) presents a global review of the ways governments are transforming their operations and improving the lives of their people through innovation.