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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
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...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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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
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...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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October 16th 2014: Northern Futures Open Ideas Days

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 21 October 2014 - Categories: Policy Lab

On October 16th 2014, Policy Lab held open ideas days in 8 cities across the north of England, holding discussions and gathering ideas for the Deputy Prime Minister's Northern Futures project.

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What comes first

Posted by: Rachel Pascual, Posted on: 13 October 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Thought Pieces
Policing Now recruitment poster shows a smiling woman and an introduction to the programme.

...force. Workshops aren’t uncommon – so what was different about this one? Well, they didn’t just form a team that squirreled away in isolation on the proposition to launch Police...

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 18)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 10 October 2014 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

...join the conversation on Twitter! #openpolicy   Links (will open in new tabs) Next week OPM will mainly be... running our Northern Futures Open Ideas Days! We're looking forward to...

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 17)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 3 October 2014 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

...join the conversation on Twitter! #openpolicy   Links (will open in new tabs) Exciting week for the civil service! The Civil Service Reform Plan progress report has been published, including...

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 16)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 26 September 2014 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

...this week.) (We liked him.) The Washington Post looks at that first special moment between a person and their online government services (via @gquaggiotto). A Danish Design Centre report on...

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