POLIS BLOG

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.

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.

The Five Ultimate Things You Can Do to Innovate Your Political Party
Wrapping up our series on innovating political parties we’ll provide you with a final short guide.

Four core aspects that guide political parties from great ideas to great performance
Innovative ideas can derive from different sources within or outside a political party. But why are some parties better than others at using these ideas to their advantage? Which main areas do leaders and managers of political parties need to look at and manage strategically?

The sources of great ideas and how to bring them to the party leadership’s table
In this article of our series you will learn about fostering innovative ideas and why you need to get the leadership on board.

HOW CAN POLITICAL PARTIES BE STRATEGIC ABOUT INNOVATION?
Any party can be innovative sometimes. But a lucky shot is different from managing ideas systematically and strategically – be they related to policy, to organisational aspects, or to behaviours. The key is to develop an innovation strategy.

What makes a political party innovative?
Ideas make a political party innovative. How exactly this happens has been a blackbox to date, of which only parts are understood. In this blog series, we try to develop an integrated framework for the innovation of political parties.