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Policy practitioners apply tools and frameworks to policy challenges in order to improve social, economic, and environmental outcomes. Could such tools and frameworks be applied to improve the quality of policy design itself? Sally Washington and...

In March 2018 the UK Civil Service Policy Profession asked Andrew Kibblewhite to reflect about the first three years of the New Zealand Policy Project.  The UK Civil Service Quarterly published and article on Andrew's reflections which can be ...

  Ministry for the Environment staff have initiated the Behavioural Insights Community of Practice, to build a public service network of people who can share their experiences and identify opportunities for using behavioural insights....

On 10 April 2018, the Policy Project co-hosted a round-table with the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University on protecting the interests of future generations, and foresight. The lead speaker was Marie Brousseau-Navarro,...

On 30 and 31 May Diane Owenga participated in the Policy by Design Symposium held by the Auckland Co-design Lab. The symposium brought together an invited group of experienced commissioners, senior managers, expert practitioners, researchers...

If you want to encourage a behaviour (nudge!), make it Easy, Attractive, Social and Timely (EAST) These four simple principles are the basis for a simple, memorable framework to increase targeted behaviours and improve the success of social...

Maximising collaboration between public servants and academics in evidence-based policy making.  The conversation tracker is about how Paul Cairney discussed ways to encourage greater use of research evidence in policy through greater...

Behavioural insights has the potential to help us understand how people and organisations actually behave. We can use this evidence to implement more effective policies and to identify the best levers to use to effect change.  You can read the...

What are the three keywords that you think should be found in the definition of innovation… What is your experience with innovation? What questions or need do you have? Brenton Caffin from NESTA UK held two seminars on Monday 11 February at the...

This conversation tracker was developed from the seminar held by the Auckland Co-design Lab. The seminar explored the current state and opportunities for co-design of policy that improves its efficacy and outcomes for New Zealanders.  

The purpose of the workshop was to explore different approaches to enabling policy practitioners to produce policy advice that is better informed by various forms of evidence – through the lenses of practice-based evidence and evidence-...

Better for Business and the Office of the GCDO (Government Chief Digital Officer) proudly present the all-of-government (AoG) innovation showcase. Re-imagine. Innovate… Curious? Connecting people with government innovation. About the Showcase The...

Dr Zina O’Leary joined us for a roundtable discussion with the Tier 2 Policy Leaders Network on Authentic story-telling: adding persuasion to the policy tool kit. Zina talked about the importance of story-telling in supporting policy change...

Government departments have started work on their inaugural Long-term Insights Briefings. The political term, news cycle, and demand for immediate action can focus us as individuals and institutions on the present. The Long-term...

At a symposium on Improving Intergenerational Governance, Andrew Kibblewhite talked about his stewardship roles including as Head of the Policy Profession. “As steward of the policy system I am charged with ensuring consistent improvements in policy...

Why does community engagement matter when creating policy, and how do we make sure it’s done well? Across the public sector, we recognise that community engagement is no longer an optional extra. It’s also not enough to put a discussion document online...

The Policy Project hosted a roundtable with Professor Tony Bovaird and Dr Elke Loeffler, visiting experts on co-production in government. The session explored what is meant by ‘co-production’ and how a co-production approach might be applied to...