Blog posts August 2012

The U.S. doing what it does best: stealing something British and making it bigger

Amelia Peterson
Thursday, 23 August 2012 - 3:47pm

But it's not a food type or a TV show, so this time it's a good thing.

Earlier this Summer, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable operation of New York City major Michael Bloomberg, launched his ...

Getting ready for Radical Efficiency

Richard Miranda
Thursday, 23 August 2012 - 11:14am

Our newest publication, ‘Getting ready for Radical Efficiency,’ is now available for download. In it we demonstrate how our Radical Efficiency framework can help generate much better outcomes for users, and display the tools, conditions and processes that will allow it to be successful.

Radical Efficiency is a framework for thinking about the drivers of different, better, lower cost transformation in public services. The advice given in the booklet is grounded in an intense period of evidence-gathering, design and prototyping activities completed over the last year, which stems from...

Crowdfunding sets its sights on healthcare

Sophie Walker
Thursday, 9 August 2012 - 11:48am

As one of the new interns I’ll be occasionally popping up on the blog over the next 6 months so I felt the need to give a little introduction to what I’ll be writing about. Before I came to the Innovation Unit I worked in trend forecasting and market research. I want to use my posts to tell readers about innovative ideas from around the world which I think are either the start of something new or just too interesting to ignore.

Over the past few years, crowdfunding has opened up a new investment space for everyday entrepreneurs. Not only does it represent a great...