Tools for climate policy (3): six effects of art in policy
...in a 2015 project on the ageing population, the first ever project using this method in a national government. At Policy Lab we have continued to evolve the practices we...
...in a 2015 project on the ageing population, the first ever project using this method in a national government. At Policy Lab we have continued to evolve the practices we...
...of us don’t realise we’re creative, but the shifting world of work - and arguably the complex challenges of government - mean we absolutely need to be. The Policy Lab...
...and experiencing it from their point of view. If we design services with users in mind, or ask the beneficiaries or recipients of a service what they think, we have...
...range of contacts across departments who were a great starting point for conversations. We spent two months interviewing 48 policy officials from seven government departments. Our interviews were in three...
...Call for Evidence. We created a blank canvas for the team, providing space for each participant to individually pick their top five pieces of evidence. We prototyped a visual mapping...
...We normally start by asking everyone to write their own version of the challenge. Then, through a process of swapping, synthesis and iteration we seek to agree an initial shared...
...was especially useful when some Departments were at relatively early stages thinking, whilst others, such as transport, were already experts. Second it allowed the group as a whole to see...
...knowledge of what works. Last summer, in an incredibly stuffy room in Westminster, we ran a workshop with about 25 civil servants involved in innovation funds. We wanted to understand...
...architect of Pompidou and Millennium Dome fame. “Design,” he told me, “is all about making people's lives better. Or at least it should be.” The project we were working on...
...restricted to UK borders. The conference attracted over 160 businesses and 30 academic and civil society organisations in person. But a further 6000 people from across the world followed open...