We have just setup a Facebook Group to help pool Ideas for Govt, and have setup a similar Reddit also
It is important that this is a bi-partisan group, and focus on data, generating and farming other countries great ideas.
There are 3 parts to our organisational process:
- Data analysis: Clearly defined problem statements (happy for Govt to share these with us).
- Idea generation and farming: Emphasis is on practical, high quality ideas, this means a large volume of ideas created or researched, with a small number of candidate ideas promoted.
- Idea promotion: Publishing / sharing of ideas, as well as building connections to different political parties for them to promote and debate.
Some starter ideas to illustrate what we could produce
http://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/10-government-ideas-to-spur-innovation/d/d-id/1102350?
http://www.citylab.com/tech/2013/06/8-clever-ideas-making-government-work-better/6001/
http://www.ted.com/topics/government
http://www.governing.com/idea-center/The-Best-Government-Ideas-of-2011.html
http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Harvards-111-Bright-Ideas-for-Government.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/open/about/ideas
http://www.citylab.com/tech/2013/06/8-clever-ideas-making-government-work-better/6001/
http://ash.harvard.edu/bright-ideas
Some links to creativity and how to think
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Thinking_Hats
http://blog.sli.do/7-alternatives-to-google-moderator/
Resources to help
We can work in with Iwi as they have both funds and a desire to contribute
Data
https://figure.nz/
https://data.govt.nz/