Monthly Archives: January 2011

Introducing My Learning Pool – e-learning for everyone

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Dave

Today we are delighted to launch our newest product – My Learning Pool – which is one of the most exciting things we have ever done! My Learning Pool is a suite of online learning resources which can be bought … Continue reading →

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If place is a system, let’s make it an open source one

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Dave

This is a post that has been brewing for a long while, so sorry if it smells a bit. The basic concept hit me during FutureGov‘s excellent CityCamp London event, and keeps reoccurring as I have chats with people and … Continue reading →

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If not skunkworks, then maybe creative collaborations?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Dave

On my recent two posts on bringing the idea of skunkworks to local government, several people made the extremely reasonable point that I probably wasn’t really talking about skunkworks at all. Steph said in the comments: …it seems to me … Continue reading →

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GovBlogging

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dave

Ingrid Koehler led a really interesting session at the weekend’s GovCamp about blogging in the public sector and how it might be supported and promoted (the session later went on to cover the excellent LGovSM twitter chats that happen on … Continue reading →

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Building an innovation culture

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Dave

One of the best blogs I read regularly on innovation is 100% Open. The latest post there is a pretty interesting one on building an innovation culture. The tips are: Focus on fostering a viral innovation culture one person/team at … Continue reading →

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