When design meets power: design thinking, public sector innovation and the politics of policymaking Research Series Responding to the need for innovation, governments have begun experimenting with ‘design thinking’ approaches to reframe policy issues and generate new policy solutions. But what…
Transforming public policy for the 21st century: how the NSW Government Policy Lab learned to use modern design methods to create more user-friendly solutions Friday October 4, 2019 By Pia Andrews Editors' Picks When you study ‘policy’ in Australia, you are taught the ‘Public Policy Cycle’, which presents a linear method that doesn’t quite reflect the reality of…
Premium Case studies The UK’s Policy Lab is using co-design and games to rethink both the solutions and problems of government — without a budget Monday August 12, 2019 By David Donaldson Case studies The UK's Policy Lab has spent the last five years using innovative tools to explore new ways of seeing both problems and solutions in government.
180 days of policy – NSW's Policy Lab six months on Monday July 8, 2019 By James Mathison and Tim de Sousa Career Advice The NSW Policy Lab use human-centred design to create policy that keeps up with modern problems. With six months of work behind them, they reflect…
Dr Lucy Kimbell: should policymakers be policy designers? Monday October 26, 2015 By The Mandarin Career Advice Design is a word that has really taken off in the UK's Cabinet Office, particularly its Policy Lab, but has yet to take hold in…
Cat Drew: turning evidence into ideas on ageing Monday October 19, 2015 By The Mandarin Features With the Turnbull government testing the hack-event approach to policy development, here's how UK's Policy Lab and Government Office for Science skipped the hack, but…