I found this set of thoughts on Wicked Problems (jargon for social problems that are right tricky to solve) and Open innovation via Andrea Siodmok’s post on twitter. Wicked Problems and Open Innovation #innovation http://t.co/3fyPnTqK9X via @SlideShare — Prof Andrea Siodmok OBE (@AndreaSiodmok) June 2, 2014 I’m not convinced by everything here but on the …
Skills needed for 21st century public service.
A good dollop of our work is about helping public servants work differently in a world where power through communication is shifting and many citizens want and are happy to have more control. Over the years we have urged thousands of people to tend to their “stock pot of social capital” – especially public servants …
#fundbrum – how do you find funding opportunities in Birmingham?
Last week I ran an hour long mini hack at the Futureshift festival on the flow of information in Birmingham. A fine group of people sat down together and started by sharing what information they needed but was not available or easily available. The information problems thrown up from the group fell into three main …
Facebook Reach – How to reach your non for profit / hyperlocal audience for free
Something has been really frustrating me recently about Facebook – and it’s been covered lots of other blogs – the reach that pages are getting with their posts has seemingly plummeted since Facebook has moved towards a model of trying to get you to “boost” your content – or rather, pay to get a wider audience to …