Working with people and politicians – a guide for innovators
The power to influence politicians and the public is a critical skill for government innovators writes Northern Ireland's former Head of Innovation Lab, Malcolm Beattie
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How can we design greener policies?
Designer Becky Miller from Defra writes about the challenge of designing greener public policies and services.
Join the public policy design community
Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, invites people to join the UK public sector's most innovative community.
Understanding people in places
Rebecca Towers from We Walworth writes about their successful collaboration with the UK's central government.
You: the aspiring innovator
Malcolm Beattie, former head of Northern Ireland's Innovation Lab, writes about how you are the single most important part the innovation process.
Joining-up Whitehall with local places
Senior Civil Servant Ben Greener from Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities writes about how working with citizens in local places has strengthened his policymaking practice.
Designing the world's most effective border
Patrick O'Shea writes about how his team have gone about refreshing how the UK's border operates.
The ecosystem for public entrepreneurship
Malcolm Beatie reflects on the past 10 years of leading Northern Ireland's Innovation Lab.
Embedding a user-centred design team into a policy area
Claire Folan from the Department for Education writes about her experience of establishing a new policy lab in government.
Top 10 public policy design blog posts of 2023
What were your favourite blog posts this year?