DEMOS

In partnership with the new economics foundation (nef) and ACCA

Speakers:
John Healey MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Sophia Parker, Deputy Director, Demos
Lisa Sanfilippo, Head of Measurement and Evaluation,  nef (new economics foundation)
Denis Yeates, President, ACCA 
Chair: Simon Parker, Senior Researcher – Public Services, Demos

Demos and nef have produced extensive work around around systems thinking, service design, futures thinking in public services, and measuring what matters. This event will bring these areas together to look at a practical, holistic approach to policy making. A series of short exercises will stimulate audience involvement, between addresses from expert speakers. The event aims to stimulate discussion and debate about approaches to reform and the politics of public services by looking at a selection of areas including: Evidence based policy making, politics and political life cycles in approaches to reform, the place of targets and measurement, barriers to fresh approaches to reform, and the significance of the ‘frontline’ in services.