Radical Efficiency a Practical Guide - Nesta

RADICAL EFFICIENCY IN THE UK 40Developing and prototyping new servicesInnovation Unit is currently working with six localities acrossthe UK to help them redesign, prototype and implementsupport for families with very young children. Over the nextnine months, this project (funded by NESTA) aims to deliverdifferent and much better outcomes for families, with a 30 percent cost saving.The innovation process is based on the radical efficiency modeland can be replicated in any other, ‘people-based’ publicservices. It uses community researchers, horizon-scanningof relevant examples of innovation from across the worldand resource audits to help re-evaluate the most importantchallenge faced by the community and build a truly radicalresponse to it. By working closely with senior, strategicleaders in the local authority and in health, these new servicemodels should provide the evidence and foundation for a newapproach to radically efficient service development throughoutthe authority.If you would like to learn more about NESTA and InnovationUnit’s work on radical efficiency in practice, please contactsarah.gillinson@innovationunit.org.