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Commissioning public policy and services differently

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 29 July 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, reports what policymakers say about how public policies and services could be better commissioned.

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If you could change just one thing: hacking the policy system

Posted by: Kate Josephs, Posted on: 22 July 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
People participating in an event about local public services.

Kate Josephs, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council, writes about how senior leaders might commission policy work in a way that drives better policy results.

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Taking a systems approach to Early Years policy

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 15 July 2021 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
Government workers collaborate on designing early years services.

Alice Whitehead, who leads a policy design team, writes about how the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government have taken a systems thinking approach to policy design.

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11 things policymakers need to improve outcomes for citizens

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 1 July 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
Policymakers in a meeting

Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, writes about what policymakers say they need to deliver more meaningful outcomes for citizens.

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How to set up a multidisciplinary policy design team

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 17 June 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, writes about how teams across government are making multidisciplinary policy design teams work.

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