Category: Innovation Exchange
Join us for an inspiring, interactive session in partnership with Go Vocal, where we will focus on the role of councils in understanding and helping to build shared outcomes and […]
5th December, 2025
Join us for an inspiring and practical Innovation Exchange where we’ll explore the challenge of evidencing long-term outcomes, at the same time as you are learning through practice about what […]
5th December, 2025
Join us for an inspiring, peer-driven session designed to tackle the real challenges and opportunities councils and communities face today. Our Innovation Exchanges offer a unique interactive session, led entirely […]
26th November, 2025
Join us for an inspiring, peer-driven session designed to tackle the real challenges and opportunities councils and communities face today. Our Innovation Exchanges offer a unique interactive session, led entirely […]
26th November, 2025
Join us for an inspiring, peer-driven session designed to tackle the real challenges and opportunities councils and communities face today. Our Innovation Exchanges offer a unique interactive session, led entirely […]
26th November, 2025
Join us for an inspiring, peer-driven session designed to tackle the real challenges and opportunities councils and communities face today. At this Innovation Exchange we will focus on councils building […]
11th November, 2024
It is vital that public spaces work for the residents and communities that live and work in them. Whether the public spaces are high streets, parks, public service buildings, they […]
11th November, 2024
The complexities of transforming health services are vast with many different priorities and variables to consider. Place-based systems leadership can unlock barriers and open doors within services to help deliver […]
11th November, 2024
Community Power • Health and social care • Integrated Health Systems
Building community cohesion where trust and a sense of belonging are paramount is imperative to help communities and places thrive. We have seen recently what happens without a long-term commitment […]
11th November, 2024
Colleagues throughout local government are still stuck between the rock of shrinking resources and the hard place of rising demand in many (if not all) service areas. The effect of […]
23rd July, 2024
Councils have long aspired to engage residents in hyper-local decisions and collaboration through local democratic structures like Area Forums. There are great examples out there, but amidst a huge trust […]
18th July, 2024
Many councils are recognising that for planning to truly deliver regeneration and inclusive growth well, they need to adopt a community-centred approach to building and develop places that work for […]
3rd January, 2024
Councils and their employees can transform levels of trust and build towards positive relationships with residents through each interaction. People-facing services are vital, not solely for meeting resident’s needs, but […]
28th November, 2023
Councils up and down the country are having to make really difficult financial decisions. Decisions that will impact the way you run services and how you engage with your communities. […]
16th November, 2023
The adoption of Generative AI can be a game-changer for organisations aiming to supercharge the efficiency and productivity of their operating models. This technology also has the potential to reduce […]
20th January, 2023
There has been a growing importance placed on the relationship between the council and its residents. Over recent years, we have seen the increased popularity of engagement methods like citizen […]
20th January, 2023
Design thinking can help inspire innovation, spark new ideas and uncover deep issues or new perspectives. It has gained popularity as a tool because when applied well it can be […]
20th January, 2023
Are you feeling the stress? That’s unsurprising: there’s never been a more challenging time to be in a leadership position in local government. The pressure to deliver outcomes in an […]
20th January, 2023
Given current challenges around local government finance, increasing revenue is top of the agenda for all councils right now. Additional investment is needed to fulfil your ambitions and provide high […]
20th January, 2023
Community engagement • Economy and business • Participation and co-production
A thriving and growing social economy is the desire of every council. The key to making this a success is empowering communities and community businesses to have a real stake […]
20th January, 2023
Every council wants meaningful engagement and thriving communities. Could wellbeing be the magic ingredient that enables this to happen? Residents who are able to shape what happens in their area […]
20th January, 2023
Councils are constantly looking for new ways to engage their residents, from citizens assemblies to listening sofas. When councils don’t hear residents or don’t act on their views consistently and reliably […]
15th December, 2022
Has your council declared a climate emergency but is struggling to make this a reality across the organisation? If so, you’re not alone. All too often, reducing carbon emissions and […]
19th October, 2022
Climate change • Innovation • Whole Council Approach • Working together
Councils are grappling with the challenges caused by the housing crisis. It’s often difficult to secure local development, navigate conflicts of interest and balance public input with investment. Community engagement […]
19th October, 2022
What can you do when you’re measured by outputs instead of outcomes? If your work is achieving deep, people-and-place-changing results that go way beyond top-down targets, you absolutely need to […]
6th September, 2022
We live in unprecedented times, where we are facing increasing emergencies in our communities. From COVID to the cost-of-living crisis; the answer to solving these issues sits with our residents. […]
6th September, 2022
Our communities are facing big and complex challenges, ones that can only be addressed by working together, across all areas of the system. Getting services, especially from different organisations, to […]
26th April, 2022
Places need new types of leadership, people who increasingly collaborate with staff and communities to tackle today’s biggest challenges. This type of leadership is about starting to shift power to […]
14th April, 2022
Meet others who are working on the same stuff as you in these subject-specific deep-dive sessions.
5th January, 2022
Meet others who are working on the same stuff as you in these subject-specific deep-dive sessions.
5th January, 2022
Meet others who are working on the same stuff as you in these subject-specific deep-dive sessions.
5th January, 2022
Councils that seriously engage their residents build deep relationships of trust that enable them to transform a place together. This kind of shared agenda saves you money, time and aggro […]
4th January, 2022