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Policy Lab gathers thoughts on the future

Posted by: Dr Andrea Siodmok, Posted on: 18 December 2014 - Categories: News, Policy Lab
A notecard is pictured reading 'let it snow ideas' with colorued snow dots on the top half of the card. It says 'all the best for 2015' and is signed by Andrea, Beatrice, Cat, Lucy and Lisa

...are important, the big picture helps us identify patterns and the user perspective helps us identify meaning. For example, in the Lab we often talk about the importance of bringing...

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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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How we’re helping share ideas on northern growth

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 24 September 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Policy Lab, Skills, tools and techniques
A man is sitting at a table, concentrating on writing on post-it notes that are lined up by colour. On a table behind him a group of people are listening to a speaker. There is a box of lego on the table.

...northern cities into vibrant, innovative hubs to stoke growth across the whole region to come forward and share them. It will culminate in a summit in Leeds in November to...

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Policy Lab goes back to school

Posted by: Cat Drew, Posted on: 4 September 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Policy Lab, Thought Pieces
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...to buy something. So we created something with value – a map of local landmarks – which we could sell, with some local currency thrown in. Sketching has a real...

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Policy Lab news: second project, working with the Ministry of Justice

Posted by: Beatrice Andrews, Posted on: 30 July 2014 - Categories: Policy Lab
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A couple of weeks ago, friends of Policy Lab gathered together to celebrate progress on the Lab's first project - and made a surprise announcement of the second major project! Read on to find out what we'll be doing with …

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"The buzziest and most creative meeting I've ever been to": Policy Lab's digitisation workshop

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 29 July 2014 - Categories: Examples and findings, Policy Lab
A facilitator holds up and talks through an A3 poster titled 'open policing - via digital' with a diagram of the digital process and relationships.

...great ideas for improving services to victims of crime, from an online skills academy where people could go to learn how to prevent crime to an online court where you...

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Welcome to the Policy Lab

Posted by: Dr Andrea Siodmok, Posted on: 30 June 2014 - Categories: Policy Lab
Dr Andrea Siodmok

At a recent meeting with Ben Terrett (Director of Design at the Government Digital Service) I was reminded of the importance of sharing ideas. ‘You’ve got to blog,’ he said, so here is the Policy Lab’s first post. It also coincides with Nesta’s i-teams report, which is sharing best practice from around the world as …

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