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Tripod Teams: Bringing balance to public policy
Public policy initiatives often fail due to operational and cultural disconnect. TriPOD Teams—integrating Policy, Operations, and Digital—create a balanced, collaborative approach to ensure strategic alignment, practical implementation, and user-centred solutions. Discover how this model addresses common challenges and enhances public satisfaction.
Appropriate innovation: creating the conditions for test and learn
Appropriate innovation means balancing agility with stability. Test and learn can transform government policy, but it requires robust structures, collaboration, and trust to succeed. At Lighthouse, we help teams bridge gaps, test ideas safely, and deliver meaningful, impactful change.
Analysing Reform UK's 2024 Contract Through a Policy Design Lens
Dive into our detailed review of the Reform UK Contract, analysed through Lighthouse's Policy Design Framework.
Analysing the Green Party's 2024 Manifesto Through a Policy Design Lens
Dive into our detailed review of the Green Party manifesto, analysed through Lighthouse's Policy Design Framework.
Analysing the Labour Party's 2024 Manifesto Through a Policy Design Lens
Dive into our detailed review of the Labour Party manifesto, analysed through Lighthouse's Policy Design Framework.
Analysing the Conservative Party's 2024 Manifesto Through a Policy Design Lens
Dive into our detailed review of the Conservatives' manifesto, analysed through Lighthouse's Policy Design Framework.
Analysing the Liberal Democrats' 2024 Manifesto Through a Policy Design Lens
Dive into our detailed review of the Liberal Democrats' manifesto, analysed through Lighthouse's Policy Design Framework.
Policy Levers with direct impact
Policy Levers that sit in the two Direct quadrants of the Policy Design Matrix, which focus on delivering results through direct government action
Policy Levers for a gradual impact
Policy Levers positioned in the Gradual Impact quadrants are designed to have a longer implementation timeline. This is crucial for addressing complex issues that require sustained efforts and comprehensive planning.
Policy Levers for an immediate impact
Policy Levers positioned in the Immediate Impact quadrants are designed to produce quick outcomes. This is crucial in scenarios requiring urgent attention or rapid responses to emerging issues.
The principles and benefits of Policy Design
Policy Design is the meticulous blend of traditional policy-making with complementary ideas and principles from the world of design.
Policymaker Mindsets: The Guardian
The Guardian archetype is a cornerstone of policymaking, focused on safeguarding fairness, equity, and long-term stability.
Policymaker Mindsets: The Collaborator
The Collaborator archetype thrives in teamwork and inclusivity, bringing people together to solve problems and create policies that reflect diverse perspectives.
Policymaker Mindsets: The Pragmatist
The Pragmatist archetype is grounded in practicality, focusing on delivering efficient, actionable solutions to real-world problems.
Policymaker Mindsets: The Operator
The Operator is a tactician, a pragmatic policymaker who values competence and reliability, focusing primarily on making decisions that will reflect positively on them and avoid controversy.
Policymaker Mindsets: The Visionary
The Visionary archetype is all about ambition, creativity, and bold ideas.
Introducing the Lighthouse Policymaker Archetypes
Discover Lighthouse’s policymaker archetypes—a framework built on five key traits that shape policymaking behaviour. Learn how to align delivery and policy teams for more effective collaboration and impactful outcomes.
Bringing balance: The case for and against user-centred policy design
User-centred design (UCD) is celebrated for its potential to make policy more informed and effective, by actively involving the individuals most affected by the issues at hand. However, policy people are still wary…