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Introducing the Family Test

Posted by: Richard Given, Posted on: 18 November 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings

...we wanted to do with the family test was bring a family perspective to policy making. We want to ensure that when policy makers are looking at how policy will...

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 22)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 14 November 2014 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

...by Involve and Cabinet Office. Dillon Newton writes for FutureGov on design thinking for local authorities and the NHS. Scott Anthony gives us four lessons from the history of innovation....

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Being open about challenges

Posted by: Robin Van den Hende, Posted on: 12 November 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
A sign mounted onto the wall of a stone building reads 'Caxton House', 'Department of Work and Pensions'

...the Caxton House Rule. However, one comment was that the information wasn’t sensitive enough to justify using it. That might just be a difference of opinion between civil servants and...

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Year Here: The power of the unknown

Posted by: Sarah Johnson, Posted on: 10 November 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces

...over again the next day. Just spending the days counting down to the weekend when we can recharge. Maybe I am wrong, but somehow I don’t think that’s the case....

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Year Here: Design Methodology and Social Action

Posted by: Xenia Moseley, Posted on: 10 November 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces

...problem solvers' be applied to social action rather than economic growth?   Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO has said “designers are optimistic. They believe there are solutions to tough problems...

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 21)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 7 November 2014 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

...on the qualities of big organisations that makes it hard for them to innovate. Paul Braithwaite talks about the potential for open policy making in Northern Ireland (and says some...

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Open ideas days: the products

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 5 November 2014 - Categories: Policy Lab
Post-its with ideas are stuck onto a flipchart paper on the wall, reading 'what if?'

A few weeks ago, we told you about the Open Ideas Days that Policy Lab was planning to support the Deputy Prime Minister’s Northern Futures project. They took place on October 16th: check out a moment-by-moment account here and a …

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 20)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 31 October 2014 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

...for the Public Service Transformation Network- find out how you can get involved. FutureGov on their service design work with UNDP in Moldova. Nesta's Geoff Mulgan on complexity, systems thinking,...

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 19)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 24 October 2014 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

...the day and watch out for further blogs. Sir Jeremy Heywood's three videos on open policy making. Nesta announce the Innovation Growth Lab. Mike Bracken sets out his ideas on...

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Being a part of the future of policy making

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Posted on: 23 October 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces
Picture of Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary, facing the camera

...Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service, provides some advice on making the most of all of the resources available.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSjmS21ZE6s   1. Join the conversation: you can...

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