Tuesday - Workstream 2 - Brigette Gohdes - Creativity and Innovation in the Capital to Improve Regional Skills and Capacity.

1. PPMA conference 23 March 2010

2. The London Collaborative: developing creativity and innovation in the capital Brigitte Gohdes , The Young Foundation About the Collaborative What we have done London Futures Challenge Lessons and reflections

5. DEFRA DWP DCMS MIN JUS DBERR CLG DoT HOME OFFICE DCSF GOL RCU BWB Env Agency JCPlus Benefits Agency Arts Council EH LSC HEFC Sport England Natural England Business Link Strategic Rail CAA PLA Highways Agency NHS London Transport Police Network Rail 31 PCTs 25 acute trusts 4 mental health trusts Magistrates & Courts 5 sub-regional LSC councils Govt Depts Appointed bodies and agencies Greater London Authority London Assembly Mayor of London LFEPA London Fire Brigade London Development Agency Transport for London Metropolitan Police Authority London Skills and Employment Board Met. Police Service London focused agencies London Councils Barking & Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith & Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington K&C Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster Boroughs London is a complex mix of agencies and accountabilities (from T Travers 2004 diagram) CABE London based p’ships with CELC reps HEALTH Chief Executives’ London Committee Capital Ambition London Safeguarding Children Board London Community Safety Partnership TfL liaison panel London LA resilience forums NHS liaison panel PREVENT Board NHS commissioning group London Resilience Team CONTEST Board SYV Board ASB Board Border and Immigration Agency Children & Young People Partnership Board 14-19 Joint Programme Board London Apprenticeships Task Force TfL steering group London Collaborative Homes and Communities Agency

6. Early work: defining the challenge

7. Two key strands of work 1. The London Leadership Network Over 400 network members from London councils and their public sector partners 32 out of 33 London boroughs engaged Events and leadership development to develop resilience and innovation Web 2.0 site to support 2. Work on challenges and practical collaboration Behaviour change, carbon reduction, ‘tough times’, London Futures Challenge

9. Leadership development and events Seminars, workshops, learning days, practice exchanges,ideas evenings ... Drawing on chief executives, other senior staff from network but also wide range of external speakers

10. “ The best solutions come from people from a range of disciplines working together”. “ The Collaborative should aim to create a space to come together and develop skills to look beyond normal budget/planning cycles.” London Leadership Network members Examples of leadership events Max Wide , Executive Director Organisational Development speaking about ‘ The truth behind EasyBarnet ’ at a tough times event Oct 2010 I left with a renewed commitment to make the time and contribute to London’s leadership and to think about the transition of the organisation to equip it for the future (back at the ranch).” London Borough Chief Executive at a workshop on leadership styles BT Tower Jan 2009

11. Wide interest in better marshalling knowledge and ideas including from elsewhere .... “ ..let’s have stimulus packages that fix society as well as the economy” Rosabeth Moss Kanter November 2008 Exchange with Beijing Municipality Dec 08 Examples of leadership events

12. Examples of leadership events – series on innovation Ideas evening: public sector Innovation with charles Leadbeater October 2008 at the Magic Circle Two ideas evenings on innovation methods and practice at Sadler’s Wells Summer 2009 Innovation methods in detail: Session on user journey mapping – young unemployed at Design Council Jan 2010 Social Innovation Camp Express Feb 2010

13. Practical work on innovation: behaviour change © British Telecommunications plc 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 % Who do you think is at fault for causing obesity among children? Who do you think is responsible for tackling obesity among children? The parents of the individual Food and drink manufacturers Restaurants and fast food outlets Schools The individual Supermarkets The government Not stated None of these Workplaces Other

15. End to end innovation a Young Foundation framework

18. London Futures challenge 52 senior staff from 24 boroughs and other organisations participated in London futures challenge. A group of six present the outcomes to an awayday of 26 of London’s chief executives on 4 March 2010 We presented a simulated landscape of 2012 where significant cuts had already taken place, to get participants thinking about the more radical steps required for 2015. Materials included information about a fictional borough and media stories to set London and national context .

19. London Futures challenge We used design insights to explore the task Leading public design agencies provided ‘one hour rapid design workshops’ to inspire creative thinking. They offered a number of tools and led interactive sessions. Illustrations of design methods: use of recorded ethnographic stories of people and their encounters with public services to get to ‘whole systems thinking Looking for inspiration on ‘more for less’ in Tate gallery – in art works (taking away creates something new) and in institution eg membership scheme and engagement

20. London Futures challenge - proposals Relationship with the public Central local relationship Local public services Local public services A deal with Londoners: honest dialogue Radical market making Talent London ‘ Right fit’ spatial levels for functions

23. The future Collaborative skills will be key – to Total Place, to making savings Leadership Network will continue For further information: www.network-london.org.uk [email_address]