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What does it take to be a Public Designer?

Posted by: Joyce Yee, Posted on: 14 January 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Design researcher Joyce Yee considers how you might change to become a successful public designer.

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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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Designing the world's most effective border

Posted by: Patrick O'Shea, Posted on: 1 February 2024 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Patrick O'Shea writes about how his team have gone about refreshing how the UK's border operates.

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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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The challenge now for design in policy

Posted by: Catherine Durose, Posted on: 7 December 2023 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Catherine Durose from the University of Liverpool writes about the launch of a new AHRC-funded report about the future of policy design research.

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Share your views on public design

Posted by: Serena Nϋsing, Posted on: 22 November 2023 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Serena Nϋsing from Civil Service's Policy Profession invites people who work in design in the UK public sector to participate in a national survey.

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