LANDGATE INNOVATION
Jun 23, 2015
LANDGATE INNOVATION
Who is Landgate?
• WA’s land and property information Authority
• Established in 1829 and improving with age!
• Strong values based organisation
• Innovation Program launched in 2008
Why innovation? • New ways of doing things
• Identify in-house efficiencies
• Improve delivery of information
• Capitalise on experience and knowledge
• Inspire creativity
• Development of partnerships
• Embedding our values
How do we make innovation work?
Strategic direction from the Board Routine Involvement from ExecutiveCentralised funding of $2 million p.a.Identify ‘champions’Staff inclusion Act on ideas in a timely mannerReward and recognitionCelebrate success & failure
Review Process
Read an idea, or start your own…
The Story So Far…• Over 3,200 ideas discussed
• 100,000 hits on the forum
• 40+ projects funded
• New partnerships have emerged
• $800K in new revenue
• Significant in-house efficiencies identified
• 85% staff engaged in creative thinking
Lessons Learned
• Direction and focus
• Capitalising on Intellectual Property
• Guidelines and protocols
• Cutting-edge risks
• Time to market
• Celebrating failure
Headed for the future
• Embedding an innovative culture
• Building partnerships with business
• Sell/license what has been developed
• Share our experience across the Public Sector
• Celebrate and have fun!
‘I am confident that the considerable achievements of Landgate will reach even greater heights through the Program.’
Professor Lyn BeazleyChief Scientist of WA
‘Landgate’s Innovation Program is an exemplar in the management of innovation systems in the public sector’.
Peter Woodgate CEO, CRC for Spatial Information