Getting Innovators in Government

The last question at GovCamp on Saturday was "How do we get the people with the right skills to innovate?".  The answer to me seems obvious: hire staff who are already trained in how to innovate and train the existing staff.It happens the OECD have issued a report on "Measuring Innovation in Education".

Live Video Still a Challenge Online

There is a team of dedicated volunteers working to keep the technology working at GovCamp, even so there have been some interruptions to the live video to the other venues. This makes the approach Pia Waugh used for GovHack last week look good: pre-record as much as possible, so it will be high quality, fast and reliable.

Join GovCamp Across Australia

Greetings from the opening of GovCamp 2014 at the Inspire Centre, University of Canberra. The event is also being held in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney (as well as online). This is an un-conference with presentations from whoever wants to talk, about how to make government work better.