How might we accelerate innovation in the public sector?
Today, innovation is business as usual also within the public sector. Even so, innovation is associated with start-ups, competition and commercial success. If economic growth is not the main objective for innovation, what is? What are the drivers and obstacles for public-sector innovation? How can we develop innovative services for the people who need it the most?
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Crowds are the future!
Innovators should turn towards crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and crowd creation.
David Fredman
Create an innovative culture
The efficiency & quality of public service will increase if we could spurring an innovative culture, accompanied by structural changes that adopts and facilitates creative thinking and flexibility to test new ideas.
Dhakshayene Holmgren
Digital and democratic participatory budgeting
The process of budget allocation should be partially democratised and engage its citizens in the decision-making processes offline and online.
Overcome bureaucracy
What if we could create a fast lane for social innovation? Great ideas tend to get stuck in the winding corridors of the society’s bureaucratic system without even getting tested.
Guest user
Extend contract periods
If the public sector could sign contract periods with collaborating companies longer than today’s 2-4 years, we could support a more offensive and long-term investments in sustainable industries.
Liselothe Engelgren
Focus on implementation
To boost more durable and less resource consuming innovations we need to focus on implementation.
The City of Stockholm can push the (plastics) market
The City of Stockholm can drive the market by placing tough but reasonable demands on products and services.
Deep understanding of socio-economic challenges
The social innovators should have a deep understanding of the socio-economic challenges and acceptability / adoptability of its solution within its target community for greater impact!
Helping small businesses to team up
How can the city help small businesses to team up with partners to avoid public procurements?
Spreading the word.
What if we could facilitate the ways that successful innovations are spreading between city’s and countries? Today there are tones of tough challenges that are solved again and again.
the end of vertical organisations
Societal challenges are complex which needs organisations that does not function vertically but instead focus on horizontal management. Our public organisations are vertical and needs drastically reorient themselves in how they are organized. That is crucial if we are going to solve our challenges. So the idea is to execute this transformation now not tomorrow. A new type of leadership and organisation.
Ivar Björkman
Artificial intelligence powered direct democracy
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