Should local public services introduce financial rewards for innovation?
23 Apr 2014 11:36 AM
Why should local public services not reward
individuals or teams whose innovations may save millions of pounds for their
organisation with say, 10% of the value from what they have
created?
This ‘extremely challenging proposition’ is
posed at the end of The conditions for successful innovation, a
new report written by Socitm for CIOs and heads of ICT.
The
report, which is about creating environments within which innovation might
flourish, points out that adopting private sector practice, in which successful
innovation is rewarded by wealth accruing to its owners and stakeholders, would
provide essential motivational carrots.
They would also overcome the obvious personal,
organisational and public value self-limiting barrier that operates in public
services of, ‘Why should I innovate myself and my team out of job to the
benefit of the others who will remain?’
The conditions for successful
innovation: a summary of current academic thinking with practical case
studies is a detailed 56-page report providing a unique blend of
information, advice and guidance for CIOs and heads of IT in local public
services. It is available free of charge to
Socitm Insight subscribers on the Socitm website. Others may
order the report for £150 + VAT (Socitm members £125 +
VAT).