Month: July 2010

[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] A question that public servants often face is ‘What is the right response to this problem?’ In the public service there are frameworks, guides, tools, policies and previous experiences to help public servants answer that question. Sometimes the answer… Continue reading Different Types of Innovation in the Public Sector

[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] One of the issues we had in preparing Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in the Australian Public Servicewas that it was not always easy to find examples of innovation. We certainly knew innovation was happening, and there are examples in Empowering Change and… Continue reading An Innovations Gallery: What should we include?

[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] One of the things we aim to do with the Innovation Blog is to discuss tools, strategies and approaches that can assist or supplement the innovation process in public sector organisations. In this post we give a brief look… Continue reading Horizon Scanning and the AJASN

[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence] One of the things we aim to do with the blog is to share insights and information that help us understand the process and nature of public sector innovation. This week members of the Public Sector Innovation Network in… Continue reading Options Thinking and Innovation in the Public Sector