2. Bringing in new insights and ideas

from outside

3. Using agile, more iterative

approaches to plan for implementation

Bringing in new insights, evidence and ideas by learning from other sectors and disciplines • new insights e.g.

behavioural economics • new disciplines e.g.

Design• new evidence e.g. What

works and data science • new models e.g. co-

production

Broadening the audience we talk to e.g. users, experts and thought leaders (UK and international) •Social media •Crowd sourcing •E-consultations

Understanding and anticipating impact in the real world•Prototyping, testing, iterating e.g. RCT•User journeys •Scenario modelling

Open Policy Making is about developing policy that is well informed, creative and tested in the real world

A presumption of openness needs to be balanced against the licence to try new things and policy context

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Broadening the range of people we engage

Bringing in new insights and ideas

Using agile, iterative approaches toplan for implementation

Multidisciplinary team - external

Evidence gathering

Expert engagement

ConsultationPublic engagement

Internal challenge, e.g. policy scrums

Scenario testingTesting, iterating

Coproduction

Insight tools e.g. ethnographyBring in external

expertise

Stakeholder segmentation

Design tools e.g. user journeys

Crowd sourcing

Publishing the evidence

Policy Labs, “hubs”

Social media listening

Data science