Opening up policy making

“Too often policy advice draws from too

narrow a range of views and evidence, and

does not ensure that policy is capable of

practical implementation.”

The challenge

Are we sophisticated enough in choosing

the right tools for addressing complex

public problems?

Are we truly engaging, in time, those actors

who have crucial knowledge and who must

take co-ownership for policy execution and

ultimately for generating the intended

outcomes?

Some questions

The way forward: Principles

About

Public sector innovation

“MindLab will strengthen the outcomes

of public policies through systematic

insight into the perspective of citizens

and businesses, and active involvement

of the stakeholders who can turn new

ideas into practice.”

Can you open up an (informal)

Council of Ministers meeting?

Open policy making needs

equal parts curation and

orchestration.

Open policy making: Methods (1)

Open policy making: Methods (2)

Some failures and some lessons

Opening up policy making…

•

•

•

•

•

•

Current policy model

(Intelligence-design-choice)

Open policy making

(Design-intelligence-choice)

Resisting complexity Embracing complexity

Problem-oriented Vision-oriented

System focus Citizen focus

Unilateral action Shaping new alliances

Facilitation Stewardship

Strategy emphasis Impact emphasis

Towards a new policy paradigm?

Ultimately, open policy

making is enabled by an

ambitious senior

management that practices

what it preaches.

mind-lab.dk/en

@christianbason