Trust in local government makes entrepreneurs more courageous: How Gdynia is navigating the COVID-19 crisis.
With her project Covid-19 Support for Gdynia’s Entrepreneurs, Katarzyna Gruszecka-Spychała and her team won The Innovation in Politics Award 2020 in the category Economy. We spoke to her two months after the Awards to learn more about her project and how her city has changed in the pandemic.
The Innovation in Politics Awards 2021
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Innovation in Politics Awards! We invite politicians from all over Europe to submit their most outstanding political initiatives. A jury of 1,000 citizens will then select the winning projects in nine categories.
The political organisation of the future
In the second part of “The Political Organisation of the Future” we will shed light on the organisational aspects impacted by the trends desc.
Do you need a Head of Innovation in Political Parties?
There are different sources of innovation within a political party, but at the end of the day: Who is responsible for driving innovation within a party organisation?
Insights into our first prototype testings
In the last blog we provided you with insights into the focus groups we conducted in the last months. Based on the generated insights we decided to build testable prototypes for a learning experience that leverages network effects, enables self-directed learning, and is radically practical.
How does an ideal learning experience look like?
In our focus group discussions with political professionals, we tested five hypotheses to understand what kind of political training they need. The sessions clearly indicated that a new approach is necessary.
There is a need, but…
In this blog of the series “The Evolution of Polis” we talk about our learnings after meeting with political professionals from across Europe and discussing what it takes to transform political training and development.
How to Innovate Political Parties
Based on our research for POLIS we have crated a spherical model of party innovation which follows an open innovation approach.
Bringing up The Innovation in Politics Awards 2020
2020 challenged us to find solutions for problems we did not know existed. The Innovation in Politics Awards proved that global crises could not curb the innovative spirit of politicians across Europe. We only had to find a way to make it visible.
How we want to innovate training and development in the political sphere
Building innovative solutions that meet the needs of political professionals and democracy in the 21st century.
Why we started POLIS
In this new blog series we will have a look at the evolution of POLIS, starting with why we think that professional training and development in politics is up for an update.
WE ARE EXPLORING A NEW KIND OF POLITICAL TRAINING – JOIN US!
Democracies around the world are experiencing major challenges: The rise of populists, climate change, and social inequalities are only the most obvious ones. To meet these challenges, leaders in the political sphere need specific skills, methods and knowledge.
