Angela Hanson, Author at Observatory of Public Sector Innovation Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

24 April 2019

Innovation Portfolio Exploration – Part II: Testing Our Workshop in Sweden

This post is a follow-on from our Part I post, which provided an overview of the design and development of our Innovation Portfolio Exploration workshop based on OPSI’s Innovation Facets model. Earlier this month, we…

Angela Hanson

24 April 2019

Innovation Portfolio Exploration – Part I: Theory into Practice

Innovation Facets

All models are wrong, but some are useful Over the last few months, OPSI has been testing a model for public sector innovation based on our experiences with system-level studies in Canada and Brazil. As…

Co-design Games innovation facets innovation system Systems Change

Angela Hanson

5 March 2019

Designing for a mission-oriented government in Estonia

Systems Thinking, Updates on the OPSI

A reflection on a workshop co-designed with Piret Tõnurist and Kevin Richman as part of a programme led by Piret Tõnurist. Building on OPSI’s ongoing systems work, including in Scotland, Finland, and Slovenia, the team travelled…

Systems Change

Angela Hanson

30 July 2018

Prototyping the Toolkit Navigator

Innovation Toolkit

Over the last few months, the OPSI team did a lot of assumption testing, prototyping and usability testing of the “meta-toolkit” concept (which we are now calling Toolkit Navigator). This web resource will offer…

Experimentation Public Service Tool Toolkit

Angela Hanson

12 April 2018

A Toolkit by Any Other Name

How to innovate, Innovation Toolkit

What is in a name? Would a toolkit by any other name seem as useful? In this post, I delve into what comprises innovation “toolkits”—and make a stab at classifying them. What is the difference…

Checklist Compendium Guidance Handbook Manual Meta-toolkit Method Catalogue Methodology Methods Playbook Run sheet Skills and Competencies Tactic Taxonomy Technique Tips & Tricks Tool Toolkit

Angela Hanson

21 March 2018

SXSW talks city innovation and complexity

Event, How to innovate

Last week, I spoke about city innovation at SXSW (South by South West) festival as part of its inaugural Cities Summit program. SXSW is an annual design, technology, and innovation conference held in Texas. Typically…

Cities Methods Public Sector