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Factors that constrain and enable
Aspect of Commissioning 5: Information, insight, and innovation. Teaching text from June 2025.
June 2025 teaching template, slide 58
Information, insight, and innovation – factors in place that constrain and enable (1/2)
Skills bases, experience and confidence of commissioners and key stakeholders/decision-makers
Ability to innovate
Quality of data analytics
Communications, advocacy and influencing
Capacity and resources in the spaces above
Reputation of commissioners and commissioning
Position of commissioners in formal and informal hierarchies
Clarity about what ‘commissioning’ means to us
Opportunity or not to design commissioning loops from information gathering through decision making, to commissioning and learning from outcomes
Level of understanding of markets, providers, supply and delivery
Which of these factors most holds back your ability to work in this space? Which most supports you? (Remember to look at the next slide as well)
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June 2025 teaching template, slide 59
Information, insight, and innovation – factors in place that constrain and enable (2/2)
Understanding of place
Understanding of unmet requirements and need compared to gaps in the system
Understanding of provision and outcomes
History of the market/supplier or delivery – levels of change and engagement
Longer-term view of changes in the environment, citizen, provider, supplier markets or delivery
Understanding of different funding streams, spending conditions and incentives
Which of these factors most holds back your ability to work in this space? Which most supports you? (Remember to look at the previous slide as well)
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