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Hunting dinosaurs in government

Posted by: Elke Wambacq, Posted on: 12 March 2015 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces

Following Virpi's post earlier this week about the Change Agent Network in Finland, we're delighted to welcome Elke, Nancy and Joke on how they are fostering innovation in government in...

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How can we build a council of state that facilitates innovation?

Posted by: Virpi Einola-Pekkinen, Posted on: 10 March 2015 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces

...working in the ministries. The network-model differs dramatically from the tradition where a working group or committee is set and participants are nominated to fulfill a particular, often elsewhere set...

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Better Reykjavík

Posted by: Robert Bjarnason, Posted on: 15 October 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings
Diagram showing citizen involvement projects mapped onto Europe

...where their supporters could write, debate and prioritize policy ideas. Only one party, the Best Party, used the Better Reykjavík website, asking their supporters to join and help them create...

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Lack of curiosity kills innovation

Posted by: Christian Bason, Posted on: 19 September 2014 - Categories: Thought Pieces
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...project in which one of the absolutely key people in the partner organisation did not want to allow either its users or his own employees to be involved in the...

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