Building the next generation of
public innovation

Across the globe, government teams are pioneering new ways to
solve our biggest challenges. States of Change is a collective that
exists to support this growing global movement.

Updates

Applications now open for our next cohort in Australia & New Zealand

We're looking for our next set of public sector teams to take part in the learning program across Australia and NZ.

Concepts

Which behaviours fuel an innovative culture in government?

Alongside new skills, we need to think about the attitudes, behaviours and mindsets that underpin them.

Our Activities

Find out about the public innovation learning programmes that we run and the research and development projects we're setting up to help explore and tests what works in the field.

Discover more

Retrospective

The challenge of innovation pilots

How can we go beyond “innovation theatre” and reports doomed for oblivion, and instead use innovation pilots to accelerate learning? Colombia's Public Innovation team & Nesta's Innovation Skills team share their lessons learned.

Retrospective

Changing mindsets: The Policy Lab’s evaluation of our programme

Working on real projects over an extended period helped public servants take action and develop an innovation mindset.

Field notes

Out of a linear design process into ‘the cloud’

Teams practiced the inherently messy design process on our latest Aus and NZ learning programme.

Resources

Skills, attitudes and behaviours that fuel public innovation

A guide to getting the most from Nesta’s Competency Framework for Experimenting and Public Problem Solving.

Designing for public services: a practical guide

A guide on using design tools and methods in the public sector, created by Nesta and design firm IDEO

Landscape of innovation approaches

An overview of innovation methods and approaches we’ve come across in government innovation practice.

Building the next generation of
public innovation

Applications now open for our next cohort in Australia & New Zealand

Which behaviours fuel an innovative culture in government?

Our Activities

The challenge of innovation pilots

Changing mindsets: The Policy Lab’s evaluation of our programme

Out of a linear design process into ‘the cloud’

Resources

Skills, attitudes and behaviours that fuel public innovation

Designing for public services: a practical guide

Landscape of innovation approaches

Join the conversation

@States_Change

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Building the next generation of public innovation

Applications now open for our next cohort in Australia & New Zealand

Which behaviours fuel an innovative culture in government?

Our Activities

The challenge of innovation pilots

Changing mindsets: The Policy Lab’s evaluation of our programme

Out of a linear design process into ‘the cloud’

Resources

Skills, attitudes and behaviours that fuel public innovation

Designing for public services: a practical guide

Landscape of innovation approaches

Join the conversation

@States_Change

Follow us at:

States of Change

Building the next generation of
public innovation