public sector innovation

The Problem With Australian Innovation Programs: and Lessons for Other Countries (Part 2 in series)

Over the past few months I have been spending time with a range of Australian companies, getting to better understand their business models and approaches to innovation. While there is plenty of good news for Australian businesses and their innovation practices (see my previous article), there is a justified sense of concern around maintaining sustained, robust growth in the face of digital and exponential disruption.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:40:22-08:00September 4th, 2018|Categories: Trend Alert|Tags: academic innovation, Australia, business model, collaborative innovation, economy, innovation leader, innovation policy, innovative countries, knowledge sharing, lessons learned, policy, public sector innovation|

What the Australian Economy Gets Right About Innovation; and Lessons for Other Countries (Part 1 in series)

Over the past few months I have been spending time with a range of Australian companies, getting to better understand their business models and approaches to innovation. After working with US / European organizations for many years, it’s been refreshing to see the actions and impact of innovation in this market.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:40:33-08:00August 16th, 2018|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: academic innovation, Australia, business model, collaborative innovation, digital innovation, economics, economy, education, global GDP, government policy, innovation, innovation leader, Innovation Leadership, innovation networks, innovation policy, innovative countries, knowledge sharing, lessons learned, policy, public sector innovation, support, wealth|

The Key Challenges of Government Innovation

Last month, leaders in public sector innovation gathered to discuss ways of crowdsourcing new solutions to longstanding problems at IdeaScale’s Open Nation DC. Speakers from a range of agencies as diverse as the FDA and the US Coast Guard presented best practices on creating actionable change in government.

Rob Hoehn2021-12-14T15:58:56-08:00May 21st, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Collaboration, collaborative innovation, Communication, communications, goal setting, government, government innovation, idea management, IdeaScale, Ideation, incentives, innovators, milestones, open nation, outreach, public sector, public sector innovation, regulation, resource allocation, results|

Real Management Applications of Big Data

Big Data has had a big impact on the competitive landscape. Businesses that have embraced this explosive technology of digital media are better positioned to market faster with products and services that satisfy customers' needs adequately. Wise management of time is very critical in staying ahead of the competition. Utilizing Big Data solutions in processing digital data is one way of enabling managers or organizations and business owners to make quick, informed decisions that streamline efficient business operations. Here is an analysis of some of the real management applications of Big Data:

Ideascale2021-12-14T08:09:20-08:00June 15th, 2017|Categories: Strategies|Tags: big data, Competition, data analytics, data trends, decision making, FDA, healthcare, industry innovation, learning, management, nanobots, public sector innovation, technological innovation|

Involving Citizens in Government Product Development

The election of 2016 will certainly be one for the history books. Regardless of your political leanings, there was one sure thing to celebrate during this election cycle. The Innovate Your State Fix California Challenge—a crowdsourcing campaign aimed at promoting public participation in order to determine ways to improve government—had an initiative on the ballot in California!

Rob Hoehn2021-12-07T16:14:46-08:00December 19th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, News, Strategies|Tags: california, challenge driven innovation, citizen engagement, Crowdsourcing, government product development, open government, Product Development, proposition 54, public sector, public sector innovation, smart cities, transparency, USA|

Is Open Government the Same as Open Innovation?

For many years, companies were convinced of the competitive advantage of closed research and development. They jealously protected their intellectual property behind closed doors and dramatically revealed it to the public after years of development. This old model has since been replaced by open innovation.

Rob Hoehn2021-12-07T16:14:24-08:00December 5th, 2016|Categories: Column & Opinion, Enabling Factors, Open Innovation|Tags: challenge driven innovation, clean energy, Crowdsourcing, energy, Henry Chesbrough, IdeaScale, innovation policy, open government, Open Innovation, public policy, public sector, public sector innovation, R&D, solar energy, sunshot, transparency, USA|

How does Going Public Affect a Firm’s Innovation Behaviour?

Are private companies more innovative than public companies? What happens to an innovative start-up which goes public? Will the same team of people who were so agile and entrepreneurial in the start-up become even more innovative once they have some capital and recognition behind them? Apparently not.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:22:33-07:00October 5th, 2015|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Agile, Change Management, entrepreneur, investment, ipo, moorman, private policy, public company, public sector innovation, R&D, startup|

Crowdsourcing Government?

Governments could be described as the largest and longest running crowd-funding schemes in existence. Sadly, whereas crowd-funding is seen as innovative, flexible, responsive, bottom up, transparent, enabling – among other things; governments would be hard pushed to receive similar accolades. However, times are changing and governments are beginning to adopt some of the characteristics of crowd-funding and crowdsourcing. But there is a long way to go.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:22:49-08:00January 9th, 2013|Categories: News, Trend Alert|Tags: Crowdsourcing, government, public sector innovation, transparency, trend|

Extending Open Innovation to Open Government: a Roadmap for New Opportunities in Citizensourcing

Extending the principles of open innovation to the public sector is a particularly important transition. Public bodies are significant spenders on products and services and yet are often distant from the most dynamic processes in our economy. Dennis Hilgers and Frank Piller look at the wider benefits of an open public service in an extended web article downloadable on Innovation Management. The authors raise some of the most important issues below.

Ideascale2021-12-02T14:18:05-08:00February 28th, 2011|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: co-creation, Crowdsourcing, government innovation, interactive value creation, mass customization, open government, Open Innovation, public sector innovation|

What We Can Learn From MIT – It’s All About Impact not Income

MIT has an incredible reputation, is an amazing brand, and is connected to numerous tech transfer successes. It is true that the system in the US is very different to that in Sweden: The laws are different, there is more money available in most parts of the US system, the domestic market is larger and the culture is very different. However, this is not say that Sweden cannot learn from the example of MIT, and apply whatever is feasible.

Ideascale2021-12-02T07:54:43-08:00February 4th, 2011|Categories: Column & Opinion|Tags: academic innovation, academic partnerships, business partnerships, Collaboration, cross-communication, europe, industry innovation, innovation research, knowledge transfer, MIT, Open Innovation, public sector innovation, Sweden, tech transfer|

Reclaiming the Co-creation Process from the Public Sector

Public sector innovation is a necessity, if we are to reduce public spending and address changing demographics. The public sector is lagging behind the private sector in transforming ideas into innovation, which made me question whether we are pursuing the wrong approach. This is not to say that I am questioning the abilities of people working in the public sector, but merely provoking a dialogue with the reader. You are all invited to join in!

Ideascale2021-12-02T07:43:45-08:00January 20th, 2011|Categories: Column & Opinion|Tags: co-creation, Collaboration, customer-driven innovation, government innovation, idea management, Ideation, Innovation Culture, Innovation Leadership, public sector innovation, user-driven innovation|

Use co-creation to drive public sector innovation

Creating new solutions with people, not for them, can help drive radical innovation in the public sector. By focusing on citizens’ own experiences and resources, co-creation can help identify truly valuable services. Public managers should embrace co-creation to deliver better services and outcomes at less cost.

Ideascale2021-12-01T15:42:55-08:00October 4th, 2010|Categories: Strategies|Tags: climate change, co-creation, Collaboration, government innovation, process improvement, project management, public sector innovation|

The New Dutch Economy: Innovative, International and Involving

The Dutch Innovation Platform, a think-tank established by the Dutch Government, recently released a report Nederland 2020, Back in the top 5 outlining the steps the Netherlands needs to take to regain its former position in the top 5 of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). In this article Rob Blaaboer, contributing editor from the Netherlands, suggests a way to reach the New Dutch economy, i.e. innovative, international and involving, and how to get back in the top 5.

Ideascale2021-12-01T14:04:04-08:00August 5th, 2010|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: economy, education, entrepreneurship, europe, global competitiveness index, globalization, government innovation, industry innovation, innovation focus, innovation platform, innovation policy, internationalization, national innovation, Netherlands, public sector innovation, service innovation|

Public Sector Innovation: An immense opportunity

Most Western European countries are struggling with fundamental, long term issues, e.g. an ageing workforce; downward pressure on public sector budgets and increasing demands from citizens, to which Danish learning could be applied.

Ideascale2021-12-01T13:48:28-08:00June 24th, 2010|Categories: Life Cycle Processes|Tags: aging workforce, Collaboration, government innovation, identifying issue, innovation life cycle processes, knowledge sharing, policy reform, problem identification, process improvement, public sector innovation|

Innovating to Benefit your Company – and Your Employees

To what extent does an employee work – and innovate – to benefit the organization and to what extent does she work and innovate to benefit herself? Senior managers would like to believe that employees are a team of selfless workers who – in exchange for a monthly wage and odd benefits – work exclusively to the benefit of the organization. As the organization grows, the employee receives promotions, salary increases and additional benefits that encourage her to continue serving the company 100%.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T08:14:58-08:00March 24th, 2006|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: charisma, employee satisfaction, enterprise innovation, goal setting, HR, incentive, intrapreneur, leadership, motivation, personal development, professional development, public sector innovation, reward, talent management|