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Honest Brokers

Innovation Exchange describes itself as an honest broker, surfacing opportunities for innovation, helping innovators, investors and commissioners to connect around them and supporting them to collaborate. Interesting, then, that this seems to be part of a broader trend, picked up on by Matthew Horne in a new publication from the Innovation Unit, one of […]

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Innovation Exchange on Radio 4

The World at One programme on Radio 4 today discussed the future of charities and their relationship with the public sector. On the subject of third sector organisations working in partnership with central and local government, Phil Hope (Minister for the Third Sector) was asked:
“But, in principal, what’s wrong with charities delivering public services? Aren’t you doing […]

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Festival play-back

Thank you again to the many fantastic people who helped to make a success of last week’s Festival of Ideas, which looked at innovation for independent living. At least, it seemed like a success to me, but we would really like your feedback. Please fill in this very brief online feedback form. Whether you attended […]

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The ideas challenge

I have a piece on the Society Guardian blog today, commenting on the new innovation white paper from the Department for Innovation, Universities and skills (DIUS). It welcomes the strategy but says that mainstreaming innovation into public services is beyond any single strategy - it will require much political bravery and policy skill. […]

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Innovation Exchange on TV

We had a great ‘innovation pizza’ evening on Tuesday - many thanks to all those who attended. Among those attendees, David Wilcox brought his camera along, so you can see my instant reaction to the conversation here. (Update: and David Wilcox blogs here about the conversation).
If I were to pick out two features […]

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Exchange Director

PRESS RELEASE
Innovation Exchange Director Appointed
John Craig has been appointed as Director of the Innovation Exchange, the innovation programme for the third sector. He will take up the post on January 1st. John Craig commented: “I am delighted to be leading the Innovation Exchange and relish the chance to help the collective wisdom of […]

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