Curiosity and creative thinking help identify new ideas, new ways of working and new approaches. It may mean something brand new or adapting someone else’s approach.
- Identifying new ideas, ways of working
- Adapting approaches used elsewhere
- Reframing problems and perspectives
Innovation is about invention, creating new things, and doing things differently.
Understanding that the current way of working is just one of many possible approaches, and that each approach has its own advantages and limitations.
There is no right way to approach a problem or situation, and investigate a problem from only one angle can hide issues and opportunities.
Understanding and appreciating that people have different perspectives on a topic, problem or situation as a result of their background, experience and knowledge.
Many teams have similar objectives, but they rarely have the same approach to meeting those goals
Understanding that there is no single way of doing things, while systems and public services are often standardised for operational efficiency other organisations can have a different approach
Knowledge is being produced and practices are evolving at an ever increasing rate
Understanding that in a constantly changing world knowledge and practice are no longer fixed, there is always something new happening somewhere.
- Slides for this session
- “Agile vs. Waterfall”
- Book: Hypothesis Driven Entrepreneurship - The Lean Startup
- Video: Tom Loosemore on lean policymaking at the CfA summit
- 18F Digital Acquisition Playbook
- Civicist on why procurement reform matters
- Mississippi agile procurement project
- IDEO HCD approach
- Lean Startup principles