Tag: Innovation

Celebrate and be inspired at Your Next Generation Celebration. After a phenomenal year of connection and insight, we are thrilled to give the attendees of our Next Generation programme one more opportunity to come together and learn from each other....

7th November, 2023

Innovation • Local government • next generation

Devoid of a transformational vision, Oflog will fail to improve performance, writes Adam Lent.

13th July, 2023

Central government • Community Power • Innovation • Local government

The Local Government Association, New Local and TPXimpact are working together on an exciting project to capture and celebrate examples of innovative community engagement.   Over the past few months, we’ve heard inspiring stories of councils, communities and partner...

6th March, 2023

Community engagement • Community Voices • Innovation

6th March, 2023

Community engagement • Community Power • Innovation • Whole Council Approach

New Local’s Polly Lord and Tom Chigbo from TPXimpact share some of the learnings from their research on innovative community engagement, carried out with the LGA.

7th February, 2023

Community engagement • Community Power • Innovation • Participation and co-production • Whole Council Approach

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 increasingly volatile world while also saving money is intense....

20th January, 2023

Community Power • Innovation • Innovation Exchange

How can councils turn town centre buildings into vibrant community-led hubs that benefit local people and strengthen the local economy?

2nd December, 2022

Asset transfer • Council Voices • Innovation • Place building

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 adapting to rising temperatures is seen as a trade-off...

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 can be adversarial and shared solutions beyond reach. But...

19th October, 2022

Community Voice • Housing • Innovation • residents

How does a council rebrand its place, building a story and narrative that helps it to thrive? We explore how it was done in York and Hackney.

19th May, 2022

Council Voices • Innovation • Local government • Narrative building

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 collaborate is not an easy task. How do we...

26th April, 2022

Events • Innovation • Public Services

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 put others in the driving seat. Walking alongside communities,...

14th April, 2022

Innovation • Leadership • Strategy and leadership

How to identify what to measure and get buy-in for assessing impact.

30th April, 2020

Community Power • Culture • Impact • Innovation • Members • Strategy and leadership

Insights of changing organisational cultures in councils from chief executives.

29th November, 2019

Culture • Innovation • Innovation Insights • Leadership • Members • Strategy and leadership

Exploring the importance of prototyping in developing an innovation.

28th November, 2019

Community Power • Design • Impact • Innovation • Innovation In-depth • Members • Strategy and leadership