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5 March 2019

Designing for a mission-oriented government in Estonia

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

OPSI

20 November 2018

New Report – The Innovation System of the Public Service of Canada

Country Studies, How to innovate, Research, Systems Thinking, Updates on the OPSI

Canada innovation system Public Sector

Kevin Richman

24 October 2018

Upcoming webinars – Innovation 101 and Canada Innovation System Review!

Event, How to innovate, Innovation Lifecycle, Systems Thinking

When we opened up registration for our first webinar, we knew there was pent up demand to use different mediums to share OPSI’s knowledge, expertise, and thinking, but we were not sure if webinars were…

Alex Roberts

26 September 2018

Brasilia revisited: enriching the picture of the public sector innovation system

Country Studies, Research, Systems Thinking, Updates on the OPSI

In our first visit to Brasilia in May, members of the Observatory of Public Sector Innovation team were on a journey of discovery to uncover the innovation context for the Public Service of Brazil. In…

Brazil

Alex Roberts

28 August 2018

Travel and Instagram: A parable about the importance of technology to innovation

Emerging Tech, Systems Thinking

Every now and again I see the claim that there’s too great a focus within innovation discussions on technology and tools, rather than on people and their needs. The argument runs that the specific technology…

Rebecca Santos

20 June 2018

Scotland improves national performance with systems approach

Event, How to innovate, Systems Thinking

OPSI works with Scotland to implement its national performance framework.

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