If policy makers want to know how to tackle loneliness and raise social capital and wellbeing in our communities, who has the answers? Us, and our colleagues in government? Or people who've known, and still know, what it is to …
At last week's Open Policy Making Sprint event, we presented some early work we are doing on data science in government.
The Government believes that deregulation is central to economic growth. Whitehall has used regulation to achieve policy outcomes, so deregulating signalled an ambitious change of approach.
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat in the Cabinet Office had to find a way to swiftly deliver messages to the public, alerting them to emergencies and providing information on what to do to stay safe. The team decided to trial different approaches.
Design thinking has becoming an increasingly popular concept with policy makers. But what does it mean? Put simply, it means stepping into the shoes of the user, seeing the world and experiencing it from their point of view. If we …