{"id":27605,"date":"2022-01-31T17:35:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oecd-opsi.org\/?p=27605"},"modified":"2022-05-02T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T09:34:35","slug":"reality-check-whats-our-capacity-to-innovate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oecd-opsi.org\/blog\/reality-check-whats-our-capacity-to-innovate\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality Check: What’s Our Capacity to Innovate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. Three of the world\u2019s tech giants, which have a larger market cap than many developed and developing nations GDP. And while opinion varies widely on the topics such powerful companies naturally bring about, one aspect is absolutely clear: these companies have learned to nurture and embrace innovation and innovative thinking. To whole-heartedly build it into its very foundations and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, stability and education are important \u2013 I’m not taking anything away from that \u2013 but innovation is the real driver of progress<\/em>. <\/p>Bill Gates<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

However, innovation is not a privilege of the public sector, of big tech companies and multinationals. Innovation is a tool, an enabler a mechanism, a way of thinking and a strategy to remain proactive, maintain high performance, push boundaries, drive impact and achieve a purpose. Currently, innovation only sporadically is, but should always be, at the heart of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2019, we laid the foundations with the OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation, a legal instrument that establishes five principles and associated actions that governments or public sector organisations can use to inform and enhance innovation and its management. And as we emphasised in one of our recent blogs, innovation activities need to be linked with purpose, and purpose-driven-innovation needs to be an embedded part of the broader public administration system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recognition of this, 42 countries have supported the Declaration so far \u2013 paving the way for stronger, more robust governments with dedicated teams and structures in place to anticipate events, prepare for scenarios and better manage future crises and challenges for the wellbeing and prosperity of their societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how do we get there? How do we turn theory into practice and ensure that we live up to the commitments made?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, we are excited to present the Innovation Capacity Systemic Framework<\/strong>, a practical and systemic framework and guidelines to make innovation an integral part of policy making and administration and enhance the capacity of governments to quickly adapt to changing environments and build more robust and sustainable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several years of OECD-OPSI experience have flown into this Framework. It builds on existing theories and OECD models and is grounded through the lessons learned from our comprehensive public sector country studies and scans in Canada,\u202fBrazil,\u202fIsrael, Denmark and Latvia. But we equally want to build on your<\/em> knowledge<\/em> and encourage you to provide feedback<\/a> and share your experience of applying the Framework (see details below)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Framework enables governments and civil servants to have their very own reality check and ask themselves the question: what\u2019s our capacity to innovate? Where are our strengths and our weaknesses? And maybe even: how do we become the \u2018Apple\u2019 of governments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is designed to enhance learning, to identify areas for improvement and provide access to knowledge and solutions. From the individual to the organisational and public sector system, the Framework can be applied to analyse a systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n