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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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Putting design front and centre

Posted by: Professor Jonathan Slater, Posted on: 16 November 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Jonathan Slater, former education Permanent Secretary, writes about the role of design in making policies and services that deliver meaningful outcomes for citizens.

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Distress and design

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 3 November 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Alice Whitehead from Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities writes about how to design public services that eliminate distress.

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From refugee to policymaker: why representation matters

Posted by: Rabia Nasimi, Posted on: 10 August 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Rabia Nasimi from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry writes about the importance of having policymaking teams that reflect the communities they serve.

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What join-up across government makes possible

Posted by: Amelia Stewart, Posted on: 20 April 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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HM Tresury's Amelia Stewart writes about the power of joining-up work across government departments.

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The value of public design

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 1 December 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Head of UK Policy Design Community, Andrew Knight, writes about why governments should be design-centred.

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Launching government’s first ever multidisciplinary course

Posted by: Paul Kett, Posted on: 3 November 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Paul Kett from the Department for Education introduces the UK government's transformational Policy-to-Delivery Course.

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Improving the policymaking environment

Posted by: Rebecca Lester and Serena Nϋsing, Posted on: 20 October 2022 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Rebecca Lester and Serena Nüsing from UK Policy Profession examine what good policymaking environments look like and how they might be improved for policymakers.

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Making policy inclusive

Posted by: Selvin Brown, Posted on: 22 September 2022 - Categories: Events, PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Selvin Brown, Deputy Race Champion for the Civil Service, writes about how good policymakers clearly understand the impact of their work on the citizens they serve.

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