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Are government databases excessive? - The Times
“A report finds almost a quarter of major databases are illegal. Is the data storage disproportionate?” Full story The Times, 27th March 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk… more →
Current Awareness
More for less in the NHS?
maltaboy wrote 5 days ago: By Gareth Wynne This rather analytical briefing from the Audit Commission “looks at how NHS mo … more →
The Department of the Future
maltaboy wrote 1 week ago: by Gareth Wynne Capgemini has just published an interesting report based on their research since 200 … more →
John Lewis vs Easyjet
johncraig79 wrote 1 week ago: By John Craig As the Guardian notes today, two rival private sector brands are now doing battle in d … more →
Learning from Indiana Jones – Radical Efficiency is about taking a ’leap of faith’
thirup wrote 2 weeks ago: By Peter Baeck On November 6th we presented the Radical Efficiency interim report at an expert semin … more →
Three former Pakistani generals accused of fraud
alertindia wrote 1 month ago: ISLAMABAD – Three former Pakistani Army generals have been accused of causing a Rs.1.8 billion … more →
Innovating out of the recession in the NHS
thirup wrote 1 month ago: By Peter Baeck Yesterday I attended the LSE seminar ’Innovating out of the recession in the NHS’. On … more →
Ideas that change the world - and what else is needed
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sarahgillinson wrote 1 month ago: By Sarah Gillinson Two events in two days on ideas that change the world – all very encouraging! Tue … more →
From the horse’s mouth: Why we need labour brokers
Fran, the Future Recruiter wrote 1 month ago: ANDREW LOUW, MP DA SHADOW MINISTER OF LABOUR 18 OCTOBER 2009 Release: immediate In response to a s … more →
No more living on easy street for prisoners (haha! Yeah sure!!!)
D wrote 1 month ago: PRISON inmates should do their own cleaning up and repair their own televisions, the chairman of Par … more →
Why SA is losing war on crime
D wrote 1 month ago: President Jacob Zuma heard horses-mouth accounts of police corruption and crime from the top cops he … more →
Government department champions open innovation
johncraig79 wrote 1 month ago: by John Craig Spot the Government department. It spends more than 6% of its budget on R&D, runs … more →
Helping innovations out of intensive care
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johncraig79 wrote 2 months ago: by John Craig This week, I facillitated a workshop on behalf of the Innovators Council, an independe … more →
Parent Support Advisers - appraised by DCSF
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alecpatton wrote 2 months ago: by Alec Patton From 2006-2008, DCSF invested £40 million in order to train and employ ”Parent … more →
What a football manager teaches a Permanent Secretary
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johncraig79 wrote 2 months ago: by John Craig Matthew Horne and I attended and helped to facilitate a Cabinet Office event last week … more →
New thinkers
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thirup wrote 2 months ago: By Peter Baeck Every successful social innovator or movement has succeeded because it has planted th … more →
Wikipedia entries: the good, the bad, the sparse
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alecpatton wrote 2 months ago: by Alec Patton We three interns are getting ready to update the Innovation Unit’s wikipedia en … more →
Taxation: are we better off than 1979?
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antheahollist wrote 2 months ago: by Anthea H0llist Yesterday, I was asked to read a piece of research that compared taxes and benefit … more →
Can artificial intelligence improve service and efficiency, and maybe even cut costs, in the public sector?
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thirup wrote 3 months ago: By Peter Baeck Yesterday I suggested that government agencies such as HM Revenue & Customs shoul … more →
An efficient way to get a National Insurance Number please!!
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thirup wrote 3 months ago: By Peter Baeck Wikipedia, Linux, Blogs and YouTube are just a few successful examples of online comm … more →
