There's no easy way of saying this. This is a blog post about government procurement and how it can encourage innovation.
I've been at NESTA a few weeks now and I'm going to be doing a regular update on some of the interesting projects I've been seeing, ideas I've been stumbling across and issues we've encountered.
A brilliant scheme that has transformed the education system in New York has shown how a disciplined approach to innovation can reap huge rewards
It was great to see the Neighbourhood Challenge projects taking part in the Manchester workshop we held last week.
Wouldn’t it be good if our public and social organisations were in the habit of prototyping?
Our recent reports, Vital Growth and The Vital 6 per cent, have both called for government to create an environment which allows the high-growth innovative businesses most likely to create the jobs of the future to flourish.
We received a huge response to our Neighbourhood Challenge project. Here are some useful tips for those of you wanting to go through a similar process again.
What is the next technology that will overturn how we live our lives? Chances are, it’s already here.
Our idiscover project aims to show how different learning experiences can equip young people with the skills they need to thrive in an innovation economy.
If you take one thing away from this series, it’s the insight that the only way to make savings sustainably is to start from how services can be better, not from how to save money.
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