EVENT 18/3/11: Leading Public Sector Innovation with Christian Bason 0 Reply

The discussion will be convened by the Social Innovation eXchange (SIX), with Cisco, and will bring together participants from Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, New Delhi, New York, Austin Texas, Washington, Victoria, Ottawa and Toronto.

SIX believes that social innovation is at its best when actors across sectors work together effectively. This SIX TelePresence session, which will be led by Christian Bason, Mindlab, Denmark, will  focus on the role of public sector innovation. In a time of unprecedented turbulence, how can public sector organisations increase their ability to find innovative solutions to society’s problems?  

During this TelePresence session, Christian Bason will lead a discussion of his new book “Leading public sector innovation“, which shows how government agencies can use co-creation to overcome barriers and deliver more value, at lower cost, to citizens and business.  The discussion will be based on inspiring global case studies, practical examples, and the key triggers of public sector innovation outlined in the book.  SIX will bring together a selection of people for whom Christian’s book is essential reading. Public managers and staff, social innovators, business partners, researchers, consultants and others with a stake in the public sector of tomorrow will come together for a truly global discussion.You can find more information about the book in the recent article written by John O’Leary on Innovative Reading.
 
Over the next year, SIX will hosting a series of global TelePresence discussions at Dialogue Cafe which aim to speed up the process of learning and exchange between countries who are experimenting with various new ways to support and sustain social innovation from a variety of different perspectives. For more information contact julie@dialoguecafe.org
 
More on SIX TelePresence
Over the last few years, with the support of Cisco, SIX has been able to run a series of global TelePresence conversations, each with a different social innovation focus. These discussion have been extremely valuable for the SIX community, providing sense of involvement, continuity and knowledge sharing from issues as diverse as microfinance, to innovative cities, to design for social innovation. See SIX website for more information. Over 2011, SIX TelePresence discussions will focus on ways in which social innovation can be supported, looking at the incentives, structures and conditions that could enable social innovation to flourish in the third sector, the public sector and the market economy. This session on Social Impact Bonds – associated advantages and potential barriers is the first of this series, and forms part a programme of a wider programme of events from the Social Innovation eXchange (SIX).

About Social Innovation eXchange (SIX)
Created three years ago by Young Foundation, Cisco and other entities, SIX is a global community of over 1000 individuals and organisations -committed to promoting social innovation and growing the capacity of the field. Our aim is to improve the methods with which our societies find better solutions to challenges such as ageing, climate change, inequality and healthcare.  SIX was designed to fill a gap. There are some existing networks of social innovators – both groups and individuals – in particular sectors (e.g. health, environment, cities), particular fields (e.g. social entrepreneurship, policy, design), and particular countries and regions. SIX does not aim to compete with, or supplant, any of these initiatives, but rather intends to link them together to promote learning and collaboration across sectors, fields and countries.