Powering collaborative policy innovation: Can innovation labs help?
There is nothing inherently new in the idea of cross-cutting collaboration, 'joined-up government' and 'networked governance' (Pollitt, 2003; Hartley, 2005; Mulgan, 2009). However, in the last decade, new forms of internal units have been set up within public sector organisations with the explicit p...
| Published in: | Innovation Journal Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 2 - 27 |
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Innovation Journal
2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=75324047&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 75324047 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17153816 6EWE jtl: Innovation Journal issn: 17153816 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2012 vid: 17 iid: 1 pid: 46463 pub: Innovation Journal artinfo: ui: 75324047 ppf: 2 ppct: 25 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 374KB tig: atl: Powering collaborative policy innovation: Can innovation labs help? aug: au: Carstensen, Helle Vibeke Bason, Christian affil: Director of Innovation in the Danish Ministry of Taxation and CEO in INSP! Innovation I/S Director of Innovation for MindLab, a cross-ministerial innovation unit in Denmark su: Network governance Public sector Innovation adoption Taxation Economic structure Stockholders sug: subj: Network governance Public sector Innovation adoption Taxation Public Finance Activities Economic structure Stockholders keyword: collaboration governance Innovation labs policy development. collaboration governance Innovation labs policy development. ab: There is nothing inherently new in the idea of cross-cutting collaboration, 'joined-up government' and 'networked governance' (Pollitt, 2003; Hartley, 2005; Mulgan, 2009). However, in the last decade, new forms of internal units have been set up within public sector organisations with the explicit purpose of supporting innovation efforts. And in at least one case, such a unit has evolved into a permanent governance network - designed to foster cross-governmental innovation. We start by discussing the underlying change logic of innovation labs. The article then examines the history, role and functioning of Denmark's MindLab, an innovation lab that today is part of the Ministries of Business & Growth, Taxation, and Employment. We emphasise how the development of MindLab over time reflects a typology of different generations of innovation labs. Finally, we reflect on potential future directions for platforms for collaborative innovation in the public sector. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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