Productivity Pitches

Productivity in public services has never been more important. Most services are struggling to return to pre-pandemic performance levels. With money likely to remain tight for the course of this parliament, improvements in performance will likely need to come from frontline workers finding new, innovative ways of delivering services.

Productivity Pitches is a quarterly event series organised by the Institute for Government and The Productivity Institute highlighting examples of productivity improvements in public services. These events look at innovations in everything from technology and IT to management and clinical improvements, allowing those on the frontline to showcase how their innovations are improving service performance and saving money.

Each event sees three sets of speakers present their innovation for 10 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of audience questions. The chair and a guest from The Productivity Institute then discuss the common themes from the pitches and the lessons for improving productivity.