Innovating out of recession in the public services

Innovations in government can drive improvements in the quality and efficiency of public services and promote responsiveness to changing social and economic conditions.

Where fiscal imperatives create greater demand for public sector efficiency, reduce levels of risk aversion and strengthen organisational and individual incentives to innovate, how can government capitalize on these circumstances?

Panel:  

• Prof. Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics and Political Science
• Sir Michael Bichard, Institute for Government
• David Albury, Innovation Unit
• Stian Westlake, NESTA