A journey to a journey – transformation of Home to School Travel
A journey to a journey – transformation of Home to School
Widening the lens through which our clients begin to tackle the challenge.
Earlier this week, I wrote a blog setting out my view that the public sector is missing out on many opportunities to deploy behavioural science in morally sound, appropriate ways to help them deal with the rising tide of demand, and save money.
It seems that often these opportunities are being missed because of some common barriers in public sector organisations. As a contribution to the debate, I’ve turned these barriers into a simple checklist for a Chief Executive to test whether her team, and her organisation, is ready to embrace these opportunities.
Take the test below.
The Chief Executive Checklist
The conceptual bit:
Would your senior Director team agree with the following statements?
If you’re scoring 3 out of 3 at this stage, this is a good start. If not, you may struggle to get projects off the ground in services, because your Directors may block or stall them. Overcoming these barriers is a process of education, demonstrator projects, and testimony from your own staff at Board level.
The incentives bit:
Would an external observer agree with the following statements about your organisation?
If you’re scoring 3 out of 3 here, you’re ahead of the pack. Many organisations will bemoan the lack of creativity of their managers; but often they aren’t acknowledging honestly that natural system incentives are precisely in the opposite direction. In fact, if creative activity happens it may be despite the system rather than because of it.
The practical bit:
Do you have the following in place?
If you’re scoring 3 out of 3 here, then you’ve gone beyond most organisations in the public sector, and should be well on the way to success with behavioural science. If you aren’t, the good news is that each of these things is straightforward to fix. But for it to be worth doing, you first need to be able to tick off the Conceptual Bit, and the Incentives Bit.
Tweet us @impowerconsult with your scores out of 9.
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