John Craig, director of the Innovation Exchange, offered a briefing on background research at the Festival of Ideas on April 30
Cabinet Office Ed Miliband, responding to comments from participants in the Festival of Ideas on April 30, agreed on the need for better channels of communication between innovators, services commissioners and policy makers.
John Craig, director of the Innovation Exchange, reflects at the end of the morning session of the Festival of Ideas on April 30 on the need to balance structured discussion and informal conversation. Sometimes, he said, it is best to just get out of the way and let people talk.
Information that could underpin the development of innovative services is often locked up inside the public sector, and inaccessible to the third sector
Ken Clemens of Age Concern, Cheshire, makes a plea for easier access to information held in different service providers
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