Everyone is at the table in government, so everyone must be served. Governments thrive on socially responsible innovation, putting it in a unique position to work for the public good. [...]
When your customers are your voters, principles matter. Australia's Western Power sits in a unique place. One of its innovation hub's leaders, Brendon Nicatee, describes it as “half public, half [...]
Learning leads to growth. We never stop learning, on a personal level, and that should be transferred over to the professional world. Yet, prioritizing continuous learning can sometimes be a [...]
Hackathons are hard but rewarding work. Friendly competition can bring out the best of us, and when developing government innovation, hackathons can help solve certain challenges through crowdsourced innovation and [...]
Working together builds a better government. Government leads at the request of its constituents, and that means when the people speak, governments listen. The challenge is to create a consistent [...]
Engagement matters, across all constituencies. Governments need the trust of their stakeholders to function. Such trust is built through transparency, in every sense. Both trust and transparency become especially important [...]
A government is more than its buildings. Innovation thrives when it has a goal. This gives innovation strategy in the government sector a distinct advantage, provided there are clear policy [...]
Breakthrough innovation is often what governments most need. Innovation in government is often incremental, with multiple smaller steps adding up to larger ones over time. Yet breakthrough innovation is highly [...]
