[Originally published on the Australian Government Public Sector Innovation Network under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY AU licence]
Dinosaurs, Game of Thrones, Hilary Duff, GovHack, GovCamp, wearable technology, disruptive innovation, numerous case studies, leaders and leadership, failure, constraint and opportunity, collaboration, ideas management – all of this and more made up the tapestry that was Innovation Month 2014!
We recognise that there were a lot of events as part of Innovation Month so it can be a bit hard to get a sense of everything that happened or was discussed, or how it all fit together.
To help you navigate, we’ve put together an overview post attempting to tie together the disparate events and some of the emerging themes and issues.
We’d also like to direct your attention to a dedicated post thanking those who helped make Innovation Month happen. Innovation involves putting yourself out there and having a go, even when you’re not sure something will work or if it will go as you expect. In some ways event management has that it common with innovation – will people turn up, what are they expecting, what will they say? Combining the two can be an anxiety-inducing (though liberating) process. So, please, help give thanks to those involved, especially as for many this is something ‘in addition to’ their normal work or responsibilities.
We would also be grateful if those who attended or participated in Innovation Month could complete our survey, as this will help us in planning for Innovation Month 2015!
Finally, we have collated a list of the various posts about Innovation Month for you to browse and consider as you wish. Additional material and reporting will be added as it is completed.
Posts about Innovation Month
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- ‘Supporting Innovation Month 2014’ by Secretary Glenys Beauchamp on the launch of the Month and linking to the YouTube APS Innovations 2014 video
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- ‘Dinosaurs, Chaos, Innovation 3.0 and Game of Thrones – an overview of the Pattern Breaking Summit of Innovation Month’ about the Innovation Summit
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- ‘Storify from the Innovation Month event “Google Glass as a certain reality”’ external post by Craig Thomler
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- ‘Round up from GovHack 2014’ external post by Craig Thomler on GovHack
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- ‘Failure – what is it good for?’ about the first of the ‘Uncomfortable Ideas’ events, this one on failure
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- ‘Evolution or revolution? A report back on GovCamp Australia 2014’ about GovCamp
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- ‘Idea Management Systems – the Devil’s in the Detail’ on the workshop held looking at ideas management systems
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- ‘Leaders in innovation’ about the second of the ‘Uncomfortable Ideas’ events, this one on leadership
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- ‘Creating a culture and environment for innovation’ about the ABS and ComSuper event looking at how to develop a supportive environment
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- ‘Scanning to innovate – new material added on horizon scanning’ about the addition of new guidance material to the Public Sector Innovation Toolkit as part of Innovation Month
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- ‘Collaboration – what’s the magic ingredient for working across agencies?’ on the workshop held looking at effective collaboration
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- ‘Can you be an effective public servant if you’re not innovating? (aka Innovate or Die!)’ about the third of the ‘Uncomfortable Ideas’ events, this one on the necessity of innovating for public servants
- ‘Innovation Month 2014 – a special thank you’