Leading Greater Essex (#LGE2019) participants are helping us find out. Do you mind when the things that you are used to, change? Many people hate change - especially at work. It’s unsettling. We can lose confidence and can feel a …
Essex County Council has embarked on a discovery to better understand the relationship between citizens and public services, and what prompts citizens to seek, support to live life physically and emotionally well. The project is a collaboration bringing together skills …
Considering a traded opportunity? If you’ve got an income-generating idea, then read on, as our Commercial team share their top tips, handy hints and stop / go factors. The proposition Market, not product-led. It might be a great idea, but …
The show and tell calendar in Essex County Council is getting pretty busy, with four (that I know of) happening over the past week. It’s a real display of the council’s commitment to adopting new ways of working, in particular, …
In 2004, a global medical trial was terminated early because too many participants were dying. What was surprising was that the excess deaths were among people who were receiving a widely used treatment, and fewer deaths were observed among the …
We’ve already written about how the Essex Transformation Partnership has brought together people with a mix of skills and expertise from the council, FutureGov, Nesta and the Behavioural Insights team to approach some of the council’s biggest challenges and opportunities …
The council’s Executive Director for Corporate Development, Jason Kitcat, recently outlined the projects that make up Phase 2 of the Essex Transformation Partnership, an ambitious change programme that sees the council join forces with the Behavioural Insights Team, FutureGov and …
Local Government is used to developing innovative commercial ideas to provide long term sustainability of the vital services it provides; however, the marketplace is becoming ever more crowded with competing ventures, and much of the ‘low hanging fruit’ savings wise has already been picked.
Therefore, where do you look for a quick-win that delivers a significant return?
We are the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) (often described as ‘The Nudge Unit’) and are working with Essex County Council (ECC), to apply insights from economics, psychology, and other behavioural sciences to public policy.
We will be going out into the county to understand from people who live in Essex how they live their lives, how Adult Social Care touches them and their families (or doesn’t). This will inform what a future relationship between the council, partners and citizens could be.
Phase 1, which started in September 2018 was successfully completed the end of December. During that time, we brought together almost 30 participants from across Essex County Council to work alongside our partners the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), FutureGov and …