Hacking the Bureaucracy

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30 Find the Right Co-Conspirators Unfortunately for every person you find willing to champion your concept or innovative idea you are sure to find five who will at best get in your way or at worst actively try and block it. Organisational politics are always at play and just because you think you’ve found the game changing policy idea or revolutionary program delivery framework doesn’t mean it will rise to the top. Therefore, it is essential that you nurture your relationships not just within your own team but all across the Organisation and at all levels. You can use these relationships to validate your ideas. It is important to remember that just because something is a problem for you does not mean that it will be a problem for everyone. Conversely, it might be a problem that has been solved elsewhere. This is why it is important to discuss your idea with people to get their feedback early on. This will determine whether you pursue the idea and how. discuss your ideas with people to get their feedback early on
31 Find the right Co-Conspirators Align your goals, communicate them clearly and create a teammate, working together will greatly improve your odds of successfully innovating. In addition, one of the most common issues we see is when innovative concepts are generated outside of the team directly responsible for their delivery. This kind of cross Department innovation is incredibly difficult and is only possible if you have the right access and knowledge across your Organisation to help those ideas traverse the silos. So seek out the right allies. Never take a concept cold to an unfamiliar audience: get to know all of the key players first so that they can give you the context as to why your idea may be rejected, how to sidestep that rejection or pitch to a more receptive audience. Finding the right co-conspirators is similar to finding a co-founder for a start up. You want to make sure that you have aligned objectives and balanced skill sets. An exit strategy with your co-conspirator is also useful. Do you want to: 1. get the concept up and go back to your normal work; 2. be seconded to a team working to evolve your concept; or 3. join a completely new role and team. Tips to remember: • Socialise and validate your idea inside and outside your team to see if it’s a problem that needs solving or has been solved. • Find people to help you with aligned objectives and skill sets. • Have an exit strategy. • Get to know all the key players who will be involved in the project. • When pitching your idea sell the benefits to others and the Department.
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Page 5 and 6: 5 About Portable For the past decad
Page 7 and 8: 7 What do we mean by Innovation? In
Page 9 and 10: 9 The personality of the Government
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Page 13 and 14: 13 Creating the Right Ecosystem for
Page 15 and 16: 15 Innovation Ideas Recently we hav
Page 17 and 18: 17 Innovation Ideas Behavioural Ins
Page 19 and 20: 19 Innovation Ideas promote sharing
Page 21 and 22: 21 A practical guide for making cha
Page 23 and 24: 23 Getting Started: Train Yourself
Page 25 and 26: 25 Self awareness is a critical too
Page 27 and 28: 27 Keep your outcome Minimum and Vi
Page 29: 29 iterate, iterate, iterate.
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Page 35 and 36: 35 Go Incognito: Seek Forgiveness,
Page 37 and 38: 37 Demonstrate Success (even in you
Page 39 and 40: 39 Finding the Money Any concept ne
Page 41 and 42: 41 We want to support people who ar
Page 43 and 44: 43 Conclusion There are always goin

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