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In 1681, an anonymous English commentator lamented that all innovations in government are dangerous. Today, we cannot get enough innovations in and by governments. Most have innovation strategies that target...
...it is to scrutinise the case for fresh ideas. In difficult or uncharted areas, sometimes it’s better to talk about ‘what’s promising’ not ‘what works’. When clear evidence does not...
...on a blockchain. What problem are we trying to solve? At UK Export Finance our mission is to ensure that no viable British export fails for lack of finance or...
...answers, and that we’d have a better chance of identifying them if we were able to spend more time speaking to experts. That’s why the Cabinet Office has set up...
...our pilot phase, we wanted to concentrate on demonstrating that we could do useful policy work. Having achieved that objective, it’s time for us to focus a bit more of...
...This means that there are more opportunities to make predictions about our preferences or to try to shape future behaviours. The depth of data that can be drawn upon to...
...social interaction”, in Doug North’s famous definition. One nice thing about institutions is that they are humanly devised. So they imply that policy matters. Many economists now think that if...
We’ve been on a recruitment drive recently. Candidates are often so good that I feel a little burst of pride at the thought that such talented people want to join...
...leaders across the UK. Our NLC colleagues wanted to inform their longer term strategy by better understanding the evidence about leading across boundaries, identifying key debates and gaps in that...