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Toolkit developed by the Australian central government, this resource offers 28 pieces of guidance, methods, or techniques for different stages of an organisational innovation lifecycle.
The resource includes an Innovation Diagnostic to get a snapshot on which phase of the innovation cycle an agency might need to focus on.

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Publisher

Australia Government

Discipline or practice

Public Policy

Link to toolkit

https://innovation.govspace.gov.au/tools

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About this resource

Type

Guidance

Method library

Features

Interactive diagnostic

Glossary

Guiding framework

Country/Territory

Australia

Date Published

2014

License

CC BY Attribution

Formats

Web-based resource

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