Open Policy Making

Paul MaltbyDirector, Government Innovation GroupCabinet Office

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Good policy making = open policy making?

Our central contention is that the best way to drive up the quality of Civil Service policy advice over time is to open it up – to encourage much greater collaboration between civil service experts and those outside the service to ensure that the best innovative thinking is understood and that conventional internal thinking is challenged.Sir Jeremy Heywood

Open Policy Making…

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Engaging the full

range of views

• Consultation with experts

• User journeys• Social media• Multidisciplinary teams• Coproduction• Crowdsourcing

Gathering new

insights

• Behavioural Insights• Horizon scanning• Systems thinking• Mystery shopping• Data science• Scenario modelling

Testing solutions in the real

world

• Prototyping and testing• Randomised controlled

trials• What works

Open Policy

Making

Networked Networked and connected

and connected

Humble and curious

Humble and curious

Transparent

Transparent

Aware of complexityAware of complexity

Aware of interconnections

Aware of interconnections

CollaborativeCollaborative

AmbitiousAmbitious

Challenging Challenging own own assumptions

assumptions

Open to Open to

challengechallenge

Committed and

Committed and

persevering

persevering

FlexibleFlexible

Open Policy Making involves a shift in mindset plus tools to draw in new viewpoints, evidence and ways of implementing

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PermissionConstrained Opportunities to experiment

Ambi

tion

Low

H

igh

Informed policy making

Developing policy with users at the heart

Collaborative policy making

Multidisciplinary team

Evidence gathering

Expert engagementConsultation

Public engagement

Multidisciplinary reference group

Scenario testing

Testing

Coproduction

Public experience map

Insight tools Call for challenge

Stakeholder map

Persona testing

Crowdsourcing

Open Policy has to be done within the constraints of your subject and Department

Open Policy Making mindsetOpen Policy Making mindset