The past, present and future of public innovation
Citation:
Mulgan, G. (2025). “The past, present and future of public innovation”. In
European Public Mosaic, Public Innovation, (25), 16-25. Barcelona: Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya. Retrieved March 08, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58992/epum.2025.25
Work data:
ISSN: 2565-0378Alternate URL:
https://www.gencat.cat/eapc/epum/N25/files/assets/common/downloads/EPUM%2025.pdf?uni=e1ef2aecc88a40e149e4efbcecc0ea35
Type of work: Article (outreach)
Categories:
Government and Public Administration | InnovationAbstract:
Many of the most important innovations in human history originated in government and public organisations, from writing and numbers to the Internet and the World Wide Web. The article describes the evolving methods used for deliberate public innovation, from generating and testing ideas to scaling, and discusses three key issues of the near future: how to organise “whole of government” innovation; how to organise intelligence, including the full use of both artificial and collective intelligence; and how to orchestrate skills.
