“Stories, in their many shapes and forms, are a part of human nature and humans are immersed in them: they are experienced as deeply individual and as integral to relationships between people; they provide explanations, meaning, and entertainment; people die… Read more

In government, learning from failure is the critical link between innovation and impact.   Download the report The Centre for Public Impact and the Aspen Institute Center for Urban Innovation worked together to understand how… Read more

About the sprint toolkit This toolkit was compiled to support the Opportunity Project for Cities (TOPC) program, a 22-week innovation sprint through which local governments work with community and tech partners to develop open-source tools that leverage data to address… Read more

Last year, we worked with several organisations to release an e-book – Human Learning Systems: Public Service for the Real World. This had one key message: if we want to achieve real outcomes in the world, then we… Read more

This article is part of a series. Read the funding perspective on Public Engagement on Climate Change from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation here. In 2015, the Paris Agreement raised global ambition with a target to limit warming since… Read more

It is hardly breaking news to note that many feel the level of bureaucracy in the English health and social care system is too high. We know that bureaucracy grows in large, hierarchical organisations, and the health and care system… Read more