Three ways to increase innovation while minimising risk to taxpayer dollars
We all know that innovation involves taking risk and accepting the possibility of failure. Both of these can be difficult...
Society is changing — government needs innovation to adapt
My experience in government has spanned across municipal, provincial and now federal jurisdictions. It is obvious that the public sector...
How to Start Thinking about Non-Conventional Intelligence for Regional Insights
If your Deputy Minister asked you to identify a dozen communities that had laid off factory workers in the last...
Inequality will define the future of work — unless citizens get to co-design policy
In my previous post about Nesta’s Digital Frontrunners, I introduced four challenges governments need to prioritise so that all citizens can...
Eight myths about public sector innovation — debunked
“Innovation is a foreign word in the public sector.” “Public employees are resistant to change.” “If the public sector were...
Lessons from Lean government initiatives
Over the years, governments have been adopting Lean management principles to cut waste and inefficiencies to improve service delivery to...
Superclusters: Unlocking business investment in research
We have been hearing quite a lot about superclusters. The Government of Canada is a big advocate of superclusters and...
EyeCues: Science Innovation Labs
Design labs make public services client-centred and system savvy, not merely convenient for administrators. This infographic by Peter Stoyko shows...
Leveraging AI for accessibility and inclusion in a digital world
Today the world is observing International Day of People with Disabilities. The United Nations in 1981 proclaimed this as a day...
Be Realistic About Innovation
One of the benefits of living in a federation is that all orders of governments can take turns being innovators...