Leading Public Sector Innovation: Co-Creating for a Better Society [Paperback]

Leading Public Sector Innovationshows how government agencies can use co-creation to overcome policy making barriers and deliver more value, at lower cost, to citizens and businesses. Through inspiring global case studies and practical examples, the book addresses the key triggers and practices that can bring about public sector innovation. Thoroughly revised and including two new chapters that explore the rise of innovation labs in the public sector and changes in leadership, this book has contributed significantly to a growing innovation agenda. Also incorporating further insight on the character and complexity of public problems, co-production as a model of governance, and a more systemic innovation perspective, this second edition will ensure thatLeading Public Sector Innovationwill continue to be at the forefront of that agenda.

Christian Bason has consistently been on the cutting edge of thinking about how public services can keep ahead of the pressures of change. This book is very timely, drawing on examples from around the world and showing how public services can work with citizens to create better, and more cost effective, solutions to their needs. Most public agencies prefer to talk about innovation than to do it for real: but the pressures of the crisis mean that this is no longer a serious option. Geoff Mulgan, Director, The Young Foundation

This book is a practical how-to guide on reinventing the state to make it more innovative, citizen-centric and collaborative. It is the most comprehensive intervention to date to intellectually accompany the global quest for more modern and responsive government. Bason provides a major contribution on a contemporary issue that will dominate public discourse and political decision making for years to come. Ann Mettler, Executive Director, The Lisbon Council

There’s never been a time when innovation in the public sector has been more urgently needed. But whilst tlÃâ