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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

What we learned from running our pilot learning programme

Pilots don’t have to be perfect. But if we learn the lessons we can from them we can improve the next version.

Concepts

What does craftsmanship in public innovation look like?

By thinking about public servants as craftsmen and women, we can develop their skills in a more rounded way.

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

Which behaviours fuel an innovative culture in government?

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

Our Activities

The challenge of innovation pilots

What we learned from running our pilot learning programme

What does craftsmanship in public innovation look like?

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

Which behaviours fuel an innovative culture in government?

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

Our Activities

The challenge of innovation pilots

What we learned from running our pilot learning programme

What does craftsmanship in public innovation look like?

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