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How can public organisations better create, improve and adapt?

I’ve done an overview of public sector innovation drawing on some past reports I’ve written, and linking to a lot of Nesta’s recent practical and research work.

A lot of people had asked for a single document that brought materials together in a reasonably digestible form, and last week’s very helpful OECD gathering on public sector innovation was another prompt.

Any comments, additions and amendments will be used for a second version before too long.

Download the paper (pdf)

Author

Geoff Mulgan

Geoff Mulgan

Geoff Mulgan

Chief Executive Officer

Geoff Mulgan was Chief Executive of Nesta from 2011-2019.

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