States of Change is an independent, global non-profit organisation which focuses on supporting and promoting learning around public innovation. During June, they hosted an online festival, bringing together practitioners, academics and policymakers from around the world in conversation. The recordings […]
By Steven McGinty At the beginning of the year, former government advisor and HR expert Kevin Green gave a TEDx talk entitled “Why our jobs matter now more than ever before”. In his talk, he explains that technologies such as […]
“We have a moral duty to remove the barriers to participation for people with disabilities, and to invest sufficient funding and expertise to unlock their vast potential.” Professor Stephen Hawking (2011) In the UK, the disability employment gap – the […]
“We need to admit that there is no standard brain” Dr Thomas Armstrong It is estimated that over 1 in 100 people in the UK are autistic and awareness of the concept of ‘neurodiversity’ is rising. It recognises that autism, […]
What is unconscious bias? Although levels of explicit prejudice are falling, discrimination continues to be a problem for many sections of society. One reason for this may be ‘unconscious bias’. Unconscious bias is “a bias that we are unaware of, […]
For government at all levels – national, regional and local – the year ahead promises even greater challenges. The need to provide more, better and faster services, using fewer resources, while responding to unprecedented levels of technological, demographic, and social […]
By Heather Cameron As one of the trendiest terms of recent times, innovation has become familiar across the business world. But has its excessive use to refer to anything new effectively made the term a meaningless buzzword? Lack of meaning […]
In March 2016, the government announced that it was pairing up with the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford to create the Government Outcomes Lab (GOL). The aim of this partnership was to create a centre for […]
Coaching can be described as the use of positive support, feedback and advice to help improve personal effectiveness. Its use within the work environment is not a new concept. Indeed, according to the CIPD, 9 out of 10 organisations already […]
A new report on the instructive role of failure has been published this summer by the Institute for Government. Failing Well describes the experiences of four previously failing public services organisations which managed to turn their services around. Introducing the […]
