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10 April 2019

OPSI attends annual UCL IIPP Mission-Oriented Innovation Network

The annual meeting of the Mission-Oriented Innovation Network (MOIN) chaired by Prof. Mariana Mazzucato and Prof. Rainer Kattel took place at the Rockerfeller Foundation’s Bellagio Centre between March 27-29, 2019. In the picturesque setting by…

Kévin Kok Heang

28 February 2019

Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector – Primer Series #2

Emerging Tech, Research, Updates on the OPSI

Welcoming your thoughts on our next AI primer Last year, the OPSI team launched the “Blockchains Unchained” report. This was the first working paper in a series intended to provide the public sector with an…

Artificial Intelligence Digital and Technology Modernisation Future Forecasting & Horizon Scanning Public Sector Public Service

A road sign with branching arrows all labeled "Possibilities"

Alex Roberts

31 January 2019

Why innovation matters more now than ever before

Research

Ever since governments have first existed, they have innovated. Often this has been in small ways, with minor changes to how they operate or tinkering with services and practices. Other times it has been in…

innovation theory Public Sector

OPSI

20 November 2018

New Report – The Innovation System of the Public Service of Canada

Country Studies, How to innovate, Research, Systems Thinking, Updates on the OPSI

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Alex Roberts

26 July 2018

Politeness as process, manners as method

How to innovate

If you have a good idea, does being polite help or hinder you when you try to introduce it? Or to put it another way, if you have an innovative proposal that you want to…

Public Sector

Angela Hanson

21 March 2018

SXSW talks city innovation and complexity

Event, How to innovate

Last week, I spoke about city innovation at SXSW (South by South West) festival as part of its inaugural Cities Summit program. SXSW is an annual design, technology, and innovation conference held in Texas. Typically…

Cities Methods Public Sector