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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 11d

🎤 From Insight to Action

Join us for the launch of the new Public Sector Capabilities Index report, featuring IIPP Professors @mazzucatom.bsky.social and @rainerkattel.bsky.social in conversation with James Anderson, Anacláudia Rossbach, and Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr.

🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/QWael2j

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · 11d

🚀 Launching our newest report on Public Sector Capabilities Index @iipp-ucl.bsky.social on Oct 3. Cities helped us co-create a tool to show how govts can learn, adapt & deliver in complexity. In person or online, register here

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From Insight to Action: Scaling the Public Sector Capabilities Index

Launch of Public Sector Capabilities Index newest report: Assessing City Government Dynamic Capabilities.

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 15d

✍️ Getting to “zero bureaucracy” takes a lot of bureaucracy.

IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social argues that how we orchestrate bureaucracy matters to deliver fast, fair, and trustworthy services that create public value.

🔗 Read his latest blog here: buff.ly/9MOzxFd

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · 17d

Strong 'planning to plan' vibes here: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right

Prime minister expected to warn UK is ‘at a crossroads’ as he sets out plan to counter Nigel Farage and Reform

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 17d

👋🏻 A warm welcome to our new MPA Cohort

We are pleased to welcome the latest IIPP MPA Cohort yesterday, with Co-Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social and our core faculty kicking off our introduction week!

🔗 Learn more about our MPA Programme here: buff.ly/nfkcOk7

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · 18d

Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck in old habits — grant-giving, compliance, and rigid oversight — when the world needs institutions that **learn, adapt, and lead**.

Full article 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...

Europe's Innovation Agencies Need Radical Reform To Meet Today's Grand Challenges

Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · 18d

“Zero bureaucracy” isn’t the absence of rules — it’s the presence of good ones, embedded in routines & digital infrastructures.

Full blog 👉 medium.com/iipp-blog/how-much-bureaucracy-do-we-need-to-achieve-zero-bureaucracy-9c586274da0a

How much bureaucracy do we need to achieve “zero bureaucracy”?

By Rainer Kattel

medium.com

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · 18d

A new academic year @iipp-ucl.bsky.social

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 27d

🎤 From Insight to Action: Scaling the Public Sector Capabilities Index

Join us at the launch of the new IIPP Public Sector Capabilities Index report, featuring IIPP Professors @mazzucatom.bsky.social & @rainerkattel.bsky.social in conversation with James Anderson.

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/BlceTFU

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 8

✍️ Can Design Transform Governance?

IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social, co-author of the recently published Public Design Evidence Review (PDER), reflects on the role of design in creating better public policies and services.

🔗 Read his new blog post here: buff.ly/2zMzPpH

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 5

🪪 Why don't we have ID cards in the UK?

IIPP Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social joined @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room to discuss what a possible ID card system might look like in the UK, and if it would work.

🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/cWLppNb

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 4

✍️ Are ‘dynamic capabilities’ just ‘public sector innovation’ with a different name?

IIPP's Ruth Puttick, Fernando Fernandez-Monge, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social unpack this often-asked question in their latest blog post, exploring the close relation of both terms.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/xza1qI2

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Carlota Perez @carlotaperez.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good point by ‪@rainerkattel.bsky.social‬. He would agree that
not just the innovation agencies but the whole bureaucratic edifice needs modernisation. In fact, the necessary return of the State is not in Trump's tariff-mad mode, but in a creative way, providing directionality and missions.

Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck between rigid rules at the top and scattered experiments at the bottom. If they can’t become mission architects, we’ll fail on climate, digital sovereignty & even defence R&D.

More in my new Social Europe piece 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...

Europe's Innovation Agencies Need Radical Reform To Meet Today's Grand Challenges

Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.

www.socialeurope.eu

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Too often, we see rigidity at the top, experimentation at the grassroots, and a weak middle. Innovation agencies should be the bridge—but their structures and practices remain stuck in the past" www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno... @rainerkattel.bsky.social

Europe's Innovation Agencies Need Radical Reform To Meet Today's Grand Challenges

Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck between rigid rules at the top and scattered experiments at the bottom. If they can’t become mission architects, we’ll fail on climate, digital sovereignty & even defence R&D.

More in my new Social Europe piece 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...

Europe's Innovation Agencies Need Radical Reform To Meet Today's Grand Challenges

Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · Aug 28

Looking at my inbox and in particular at most of the admin tasks, I suggest we are fast moving from Kantian 'sapere aude' to 'artificialiter sapere aude', dare to use your own AI.

Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨 Last call! UK students have just one week left to apply for our MPA @iipp-ucl.bsky.social.

Don’t miss the chance to join a pioneering programme that equips future public leaders with the tools to shape markets, drive missions, and create public value.

👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value MPA

The Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value MPA teaches the competencies, capabilities and leadership skills needed for purpose-driven organisations. Confront the grand challenges of the 21st centu...

www.ucl.ac.uk

gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · Aug 18

"One of the most striking things they found out in Bowling Green was that when the ideas were anonymous and stripped of political identity, the constituents found that they agreed on a lot" gizmodo.com/a-kentucky-t...

A Kentucky Town Experimented With AI. The Results Were Stunning

In a divided America, a Kentucky town used AI to strip away political labels and discovered its residents agree on almost everything.

gizmodo.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Aug 16

Apparently Putin called off his planned shopping trip. Because of the tariffs the prices were ridiculous.

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 15

✍️ Are ‘dynamic capabilities’ just ‘public sector innovation’ with a different name?

IIPP's Ruth Puttick, Fernando Fernandez-Monge, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social unpack this often-asked question in their latest blog post, exploring the close relation of both terms.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/OyAHHM2

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Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin @surplusmagazin.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 Out now: Die vierte Surplus-Ausgabe »Kampf um Zeit« ist da.

Freizeit ist kein Luxus. Merz, Reiche und Co. greifen sie an – und gefährden damit Wohlstand und Freiheit.

In den nächsten Tagen im Briefkasten, am Kiosk oder sofort online auf:
👉 www.surplusmagazin.de/surplus-4-ka...

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 13

⏪ Catch up on our recent Islamic Public Value book launch

In May, IIPP's @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Wolfgang Drechsler & Salah Chafik launched their new book 'Islamic Public Value: Theory, Practice, and Administration' at the British Library.

📺 Watch the event recording here: buff.ly/NyzJckY

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 4

🪪 Why don't we have ID cards in the UK?

IIPP Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social joined @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room to discuss what a possible ID card system might look like in the UK, and if it would work.

🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/cRTRv9S

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 4

🇪🇺 Missions and Public Procurement in Europe

The latest working paper by IIPP Prof @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Amy Lai, Chiara Bleckenwegner, @innopirate.bsky.social, & Veiko Lember, examines how public procurement has been used for mission-oriented policy-making.

🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/aczBf6u

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 2

✍️ Are ‘dynamic capabilities’ just ‘public sector innovation’ with a different name?

IIPP's Ruth Puttick, Fernando Fernandez-Monge, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social unpack this often-asked question in their latest blog post, exploring the close relation of both terms.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/1xKm7JI

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 29

STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.”

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Jul 29

🎤 DARPA’s High-Risk, High-Reward Legacy

IIPP PhD Graduate Dr Josh Entsminger spoke with Sarah Doyle, @jackstilgoe.bsky.social, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social about his PhD journey researching DARPA, its model, and how governments can fund, structure, and sustain innovation for the public good.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Jul 29

Remember the days when you could let your inbox fill up so no one could send you any more emails? Nostalgic for those simple times.

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Jul 28

🇪🇺 Missions and Public Procurement in Europe

The latest working paper by IIPP Prof @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Amy Lai, Chiara Bleckenwegner, @innopirate.bsky.social, & Veiko Lember, examines how public procurement has been used for mission-oriented policy-making.

🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/aczBf6u

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Jul 26

✍️ Can Design Transform Governance?

IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social, co-author of the recently published Public Design Evidence Review (PDER), reflects on the role of design in creating better public policies and services.

🔗 Read his new blog post here: buff.ly/haprY2m

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