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Putting human behaviour at the heart of policy
Have you tried the latest behavioural insights tools and resources from BETA?
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Nyiyanang wuunggalu!
Last week I attended a symposium, called Nyiyanang wuunggalu.
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Give the people what they want!
One pretty cool thing about this project is being able to hear from different people about how they develop and deliver policy advice.
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Have your say
We rounded out 2019 having focused on facilitating workshops and synthesising results.
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How do you know your policy advice is great?
We have 20 questions to help you out!
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Reflecting and looking to 2020
The end of a year is often a time to reflect on what's been, do some planning or set goals for the year ahead. Lists of ten things people have done or experienced since 2010 have been popping up on socials lately.
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What we heard at the launch...
It was amazing seeing our model of great policy advice brought to life by four passionate secretaries and the 235 people who attended.  On the day we had interactive booths, sketching and engagement masterclasses, and policy readiness towers.
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Delivering Great Policy Takes Off
On Friday 8 November 2019, over 200 people attended the sold out launch of the Delivering Great Policy initiative. Attendees had diverse backgrounds and roles, from academia, the private sector and all corners of the APS.
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Preparing for Delivering Great Policy
The team delivering great policy has been busy preparing for today’s launch.  This has meant the past few weeks have been filled with a lot of preparation and anticipation.
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Countdown to Delivering Great Policy
Momentum is building as we near the launch date for an approach to Delivering Great Policy!
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A Game of Iteration
Last week was a game of iteration. We took what we’ve learned about the elements of great policy advice, and worked through a bunch of different ways to articulate, so that it’s simple to grasp and people can see themselves in it.
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Staying on task
We’ve just come out of that very uncomfortable point in a design-led project where you’re stuck in the middle of everything; you’ve moved away from where you started you’re not yet clear on where you’re headed. Cue the scream emoji.
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Delivering Great Policy Advice Workshops
This week we ran workshops in Canberra and Hobart to test and further push our thinking on what delivering great policy advice is all about.
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Making sense of what we learned
This week was all about making sense of everything we’ve learnt so far, getting some clarity on what we’re doing, and working through possible models.
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Learning what great policy looks like
Last week was busy! We ran four workshops.
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Let's co-design
We are currently working on Sprint #1, co-designing a model of great policy advice; role modelling a way of working.
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IPAA ACT Event - UK Civil Service and the Policy Profession
On Thursday 20 June 2019, IPAA ACT hosted an International Series event where Sir Chris Wormald KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care (UK) delivered a keynote address followed by a panel discussion with Renée Leon PSM, Sec
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In conversation with senior leaders of the Australian Public Service
In April, the Independent Review of the APS joined the heads and deputies of Australian public service organisations – the APS200 – to talk about change and the future of our service.
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The future of policy making: keynote speech by Sir Chris Wormald KCB (UK)
The Institute for Government welcomed Sir Chris Wormald KCB, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care and Head of the Civil Service Policy Profession UK, to deliver a keynote speech.
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Open Letter to the Public Service
David Thodey, Chair of the independent review of the Australian public service. Read the recap of 2018 and what to expect in 2019.