New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice

Walpole, Gary; Bacon, Emily; Beverley, Katie; De Laurentis, Carla; Renfrew, Kay; Rudd, Jennifer

Abstract

Public services have recently experienced a ‘perfect storm’: dealing with challenges including the task demands of Covid-19, increased financial pressures derived from the pandemic and its impact on future revenue flows, and obligations to meet carbon reduction targets. In the UK they have also been impacted by Brexit. However, limited formal programmes are available to public service organizations (PSOs) that enhance the capabilities required to develop solutions to their challenges. This article presents a novel programme for PSOs that supports them in co-designing regional new service solutions that embed circular economy principles.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 9, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jan 17, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 18, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 18, 2023
• Journal: Public Money and Management
• Print ISSN: 0954-0962
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9302
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 668-671
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.2021658
• Keywords: Circular Economy; Circular Economy Innovation Community (CEIC) programme; communities of practice; public services; innovation; experiential learning; design thinking
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9708546
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540962.2021.2021658