This presentation by Marco Steinberg was made at the OECD conference on Innovating the Public Sector: From Ideas to Impact (12-13 November 2014). For more information visit the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation: https://www.oecd.org/governance/observatory-public-sector-innovation/events/.

1. Il Gattopardo
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Marco Steinberg
Snowcone & Hayctack
@marcolsteinberg
www.snowcone.fi

2. “Mine is an unhappy
generation, straddling
two worlds and
uneasy in both” Il Gattopardo
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

3. Design the future
vs
Improve the past
Transforming
vs
Reforming

4. ACTIVITIES
CITIZEN INTERFACE SYSTEMIC CHALLANGES
in at the start of new projects/initiatives
+ inventory across government
SERVICES POLICY
DECISION MAKING
solutions
“space”

5. SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
50%
OUTSIDE
Design
Data visualisation
Social media
INSIDE
Policy
Legal
Economic
50%-
INNOVATORS WITHIN AN INNOVATION CULTURE
working with colleagues across the state

6. GOVERNANCE
Finance Ministry or
PM’s office
INSIDE/OUTSIDE FUNDING 2-6%
of BUDGET
CROSS-CUTTING
POWERS
independent
funding with
savings towards
self-funding
across ministries
but also between
state and
municipalities
1 2 3

7. IMPACT ASSESSMENT
2+3 YEAR APPROACH
BETTER OUTCOMES AT LOWER COSTS
INVENTORY & STRATEGY

8. BUILDING AN INNOVATION
COALITION
CURRENT SYSTEM
OPPORTUNITY
DEEP EXISTENTIAL
QUESTION+
What is the current
resources logic?
What is the current
management logic?
What are the emergent
dynamics?
What are the deepest fears
of individuals?
What are the personal
barriers to risk-taking?
How do you change the
community of peers?