Innova&on  and  jobs  Vicki  Sellick  Director,  Innova.on  Lab,  Nesta  

24  October  2013  

www.nesta.org.uk/makingitwork    

current  challenges  

•  longer  claim  dura.ons  •  stagnant  wages  and  produc.vity  •  youth  unemployment  and  NEET  rates  •  par.cular  concerns  around  disadvantaged  and  excluded  groups  

•  slow  recovery  

longer-­‐term  pa>erns  

•  skills  mismatch  •  ac.va.ng  the  inac.ve  •  changing  sectoral  profile  •  poor  quality  jobs  

©  Guardian  

thriving  innova&on  systems  

©  Chambeau  

low  incen&ves  to  innovate  

vs  

the  current  approach  to  tackling  worklessness…is  complex  

crea&ng  and  shaping  new  markets  

support  for  self-­‐employment  

intermediaries  that  improve  the  efficiency  

of  job  matching  

but  there  are  some  promising  fields  of  innova&on  outside  

the  mainstream  

2.  Experimen.ng  with  new  models  and  ideas  

3.  Scaling  the  best  jobs  innovators  

Innova.on  in  Jobs    

where  next?  

1.  Learning  from  what  works  –  more  intensive  measurement  and  assessment;  then  sharing  data  through  learning  networks  

1.  Learning  from  what  works  

2.  Experimen&ng  with  new  models  

3.  Scaling  the  best  jobs  innovators  

www.jobsinnovators.org    

www.jobsinnovators.org    

2.  Experimen.ng  with  new  models  and  ideas  

3.  Scaling  the  best  jobs  innovators  

Innova.on  in  Jobs    

1.  Learning  from  what  works  

Thank  you  

vicki.sellick@nesta.org.uk