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A blockchain prototype for UK Export Finance
Michael Carpenter, former innovation lead at UK Export Finance, explains why they developed a blockchain prototype with the University of Southampton.
Open Innovation Team
Thought Experiment: how we brought the world’s leading thinkers to Whitehall
A look back at our Thought Experiment speaker series, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year.
The promise and perils of online targeting
Who's watching you online? Professor David Beer introduces his CDEI-commissioned review of the evidence related to online targeting practices, produced in collaboration with OIT.
Dutch courage: lessons on policy-making from the Netherlands
Takeaways on evidence and policy from a recent event in the Netherlands.
Our top five priorities for the next three years
Our strategy has five main pillars: increase our policy impact, raise our profile, diversify our income, improve management and deliver benefits for our partners.
How I’m helping to shape your digital future
Maya Singer-Hobbs, a PhD secondee with the Open Innovation Team, reflects on her work with the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.
Explained: how to evaluate open innovation
The Open Innovation Team (OIT) is a great example of disruptive innovation in government. This blog outlines how Lancaster University academics evaluated our impact.
One small step for an official, one giant leap for an academic
I recently decided to do something a little drastic. After eight years in academia, I joined the Cabinet Office in January for a three month placement working as a Policy Advisor in the Open Innovation Team. It’s been a whirlwind …
I'm a deviant. The positive kind.
I set-up the Open Innovation Team. I pitched the idea to Jeremy Heywood, refined it with colleagues, persuaded some top universities to fund us and quit my job at Treasury to run the pilot. I recently discovered that this kind …
Public sector innovation
Katy Mason, Professor of Markets, Marketing and Management at Lancaster University writes about public sector innovation.