[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence]
Last week the 2009-10 State of the Service Report was released. One of the themes of the report was ‘Capability, Innovation and Collaboration’.
Some of its findings for 2009-10 included that:
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- Forty-three per cent of agencies had strategies to identify and reward innovation, while a further 13% had strategies under development.
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- In order for innovation to progress from idea to implementation, agencies reported it had to be valued and understood, the business culture had to be supportive, resources had to be dedicated, and processes had to be easy to follow.
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- 86% of APS employees agreed they always look for better ways to do things.
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- 65% agreed they receive support from their manager when they suggest new ideas.
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- 50% agreed their agency encourages innovation and development of new ideas.
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- Overall, the APS has some way to go to build a culture of innovation.
Below are two of the figures from the report that relate to employee perceptions and views on innovation.