Please have a look at slide 6 and answer these questions (feel free to comment below). We have committed to getting feedback from this group about how yammer is going, and we are going out to sector people to discuss this (and ask these questions).
All comments welcome.Proposal for Health Sector Innovation Platform_V1_1.pptx (50.9 KB)
@jon_herries are you happy for me to share to the small group that we have on the Workplace network?
Of course! 
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Hi Jon… for that scope question. Given the platform needs to be ‘by the sector for the sector’, let the platform scope be organic (malleable) and scale in the directions the sector sees as most valuable. Experiences from the Springboard experiment (TAS-hosted health innovation network/platform) suggest people will naturally gravitate together on common problems. Of course some content curation, curly questions, and gamified challenges are needed to get the ball rolling… organic scope also means regular moderation of discussions so the innovation intent is sustained
Thanks Simon - I think that is a useful view - I like the thought of expanding on what people are interested in - should drive utilisation.
Something that has been mentioned to me is - where has this proposal come from (and I think at this point proposal feels generous - we are trying to work out if this is important and what problem the solution should solve). Answer is there are a few people here in the Ministry and (ourselves included) who see this as an issue and were getting together to understand what the potential options were - people involved have various roles - from clinical advisors to DHB performance and want to be able to share and encourage innovation. Also worth noting that some of us have had some experience with trying to do this before in NZ and more widely.
This might be useful - our planned actions slide
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Hi Jon, are you planning on putting together a roadmap for the current systems mentioned in this document as part of this proposal?
Not sure I understand what you mean - I wonder if you might be pre-empting things?
We are currently doing some exploration of what the needs of users might be in the innovation context. Given the diverse nature of these needs that may lead to one or many solutions, and may lead to road maps for one or many products?
These types of products/solutions have been delivered before and failed (not just here but the NHS has also had numerous attempts). In the discussions we have had to date (3) we aren’t sure whether this is a technology/tools problem or whether a cultural factor is a more important driver - hence we are trying to focus on needs at the moment. Does this help?
