Irish National Workplace Strategy: Ireland's version of Wired

Representatives from Scotland are visiting Ireland this week to learn more about the Irish National Workplace Strategy. A Scottish representative notes, 

"The Irish and other countries in the 'arc of prosperity' recognize that the quality and innovative capacity of workplaces is a key economic development issue." 

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We also can learn more about how advanced countries like Ireland are working to increase the innovative capacity of their workplaces.  

Start by exploring the web site for the Irish National Workplace Strategy. Launched in 2005, the strategy is designed much like Wired: To support the transformation of the workforce through innovation. The Irish strategy is dealing with similar issues: 

• How to build innovative capacity at regional and national levels; 
• How to achieve effective organizational change and innovation; and
• How to design and deliver a framework of supportive policies to create incentives for innovation.  
  

You can download the 2007 annual report on the strategy here.