Federal bodies to adopt Mohammad’s Government Creativity Lab

The creativity lab uses specialised workshops and brainstorming sessions to produce solutions to challenges.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has directed all federal government bodies to adopt the “Government Creativity Lab” experiment as an official and standardised practice that aims to develop government services, overcome practical challenges and enhance performance and competency of government administrative procedures.

Shaikh Mohammad’s directives followed the outstanding success of the first trial of the “Government Creativity Lab” during the UAE Cabinet Retreat held recently at Sir Bani Yas.

The lab discussed ideas and suggestions received from experts, officials and professionals via the Twitter hashtag #uaebrainstorm to produce immediate solutions for the challenges hindering education and healthcare sectors in the UAE.

Shaikh Mohammad has directed the ministry of health and ministry of education to hold government creativity labs regularly on the ministry’s level to face any practical or administrative challenges in the field and to engage all stakeholders, including officials, employees and specialists, to develop instant solutions.

Government creativity labs compromise specialised workshops that discuss the current reality of any challenge initiating from a scientific approach that looks objectively into statistics and facts followed by brainstorming sessions to produce original and unconventional solutions.

After the brainstorming sessions, decision takers and senior officials shall meet to approve the ideas and draft those outcomes in a final and applicable plan. The lab may proceed for several days until all parties completely agree on the solutions and responsibilities to go to the execution phase. This procedure will increase the speed of the government’s response for any changes or practical challenges and bypass the full cycle of the strategic and operational plans.

Moreover, Shaikh Mohammad has directed the team of the prime minister’s office to prepare a comprehensive guidebook that illustrates the government creativity labs and best practices to utilise this tool in the best way possible. Once issued, this guidebook will be circulated to all government bodies to use it as an approved and standardised practice for the federal government.

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