Weekly bits of interest – 3 March 2014
Some recent developments and articles of interest: A lot of initiatives to increase innovation within organisations fail. Why is that the case? Tim Kastelle advises focussing on the six steps of the...
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Some recent developments and articles of interest: Do ever get bored in your job? Good news! David Burkus looks at some recent studies that indicate that being bored can help you be more creative. “By...
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Some recent developments and articles of interest: Can you teach someone to be creative? Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic says yes. “Several exercises have been found to enhance creative performance. For...
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Some recent developments and articles of interest: John Sheridan tackles the myth that procurement rules stop agencies from being able to pursue innovative options. “For example, in terms of...
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Some recent developments and articles of interest: How should innovation teams run? Ron Ashkenas and Markus Spiegel have found that it should not be like a well-oiled machine. “Over the past several...
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Some recent developments and articles of interest: The first Australian international innovation challenge has been launched – the Pacific Humanitarian Challenge. “Pacific countries are highly exposed...
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Some recent developments and articles of interest: The Victorian Government has established an $11m Public Sector Innovation Fund, “a new grants program designed to drive new and more effective...
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Some recent developments and articles of interest: The Mandarin provides an update on the work programme for the new Behavioural Economics Team for the Australian Government (BETA). “BETA … is already...
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From the Vogons to Bob – Public Servants in Space
Science Fiction is often used to speculate ‘what if’ scenarios, taking contemporary trends and extending them or twisting them into future or alien world scenarios. It’s probably therefore no surprise...
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Innovation Behaviours for the Public Service – beta version
Do you ever ask yourself – am I behaving in a way that will help others try new things, to propose new ideas? It’s easy to talk about innovation. It’s also (sometimes) easy to write about innovation....
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