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Design helps governments work with people, not just for them

Posted by: Irene Hakansson, Posted on: 19 June 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research, Thought leadership
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Irene Hakansson reports on Design Council's latest research on the value of public design.

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Happy 100!

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 24 April 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Civil Service's Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, celebrates this blog's 100th post.

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Join forces with one thousand designers in 2025

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 27 March 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign
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Civil Service's Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, invites people to join government's design community.

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Sprint before you walk: fail faster

Posted by: Mark Edwards, Posted on: 30 January 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Department for Education design leader Mark Edwards explains how his team are working in new ways to rapidly design public services.

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An innovator’s guide to navigating bureaucracy

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 7 November 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Northern Ireland's former Head of Innovation Lab, Malcolm Beattie, writes about why the ability to navigate bureaucratic machine of government is so important for transforming public services.

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Three steps to enable future designers

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Anni Leppänen, Susan Cullen and Josep Maria Flores Juanpere, Posted on: 24 October 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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International designers, Andrew Knight, Anni Leppänen, Susan Cullen and Josep Maria Flores Juanpere lead the discussion on what we can do now to empower designers in the future.

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Working with people and politicians – a guide for innovators

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 10 October 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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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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Join the public policy design community

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 12 September 2024 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign
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Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, invites people to join the UK public sector's most innovative community.

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You: the aspiring innovator

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 29 February 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Malcolm Beattie, former head of Northern Ireland's Innovation Lab, writes about how you are the single most important part the innovation process.

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The ecosystem for public entrepreneurship

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 18 January 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Malcolm Beatie reflects on the past 10 years of leading Northern Ireland's Innovation Lab.

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