Introducing New Operating Models for Local Government
“In these times of turmoil and transition, we can see the green shoots of an alternative future. We can see evolutions in how parts of…
From the Margins to the Mainstream: How to create the conditions for new operating models to thrive
This guide provides a diagnostic tool for local government innovators to catalyse systems change and evolve public services from the inside out. It identifies how…
Reframing Risk: How to adopt new mindsets around risk that enable innovation
This guide explores how local authorities can reframe risk to enable innovation, by widening the lens and expanding the space for upside possibilities. It also…
From the Margins to the Mainstream
This guide provides a diagnostic tool for local government innovators to catalyse systems change and evolve public services from the inside out.
The 2020 Public Services Commission — 10 years on/Social productivity: the future is all around us
A collection of essays A decade ago, in the summer of 2010, the Commission on 2020 Public Services published its final report. The Commission had been…
A Whole New World: Public Service in the time of Coronavirus
A Whole New World: Public Service in the time of Coronavirus Summary Responding to Coronavirus is causing public servants to turn off the target-based tools…
Forms and features of collaboration
If we are to address some of our most pressing and complex challenges, then we must collaborate. If we are to collaborate then we must…
Signals in the Noise
Modelling the patterns of change in local government Originally published on Nesta.org.uk This short discussion paper sets out a framework for new operating models to guide work and…
COVID-19: Why and how organisations can learn now to shape the future
COVID-19: Why and how organisations can learn now to shape the future COVID-19 has created a burning platform for change that is requiring local stakeholders…
Collaborate’s Manifesto for a Collaborative Society.
Throughout 2019, building on work with our partners and conversations with a wide range of people, we asked: what if we could change the lens…