Enabling innovation

Innovation drives performance, productivity and work outcomes. The Australian Public Service Employee Census Enabling Innovation Index measures both whether employees feel willing and able to be innovative, and whether their agency has a culture which enables them to be so.

APS Employee Census questions that contribute to the Enabling Innovation Index are:

• I believe that one of my responsibilities is to continually look for new ways to improve the way we work.
• My immediate supervisor encourages me to come up with new or better ways of doing things.
• People are recognised for coming up with new and innovative ways of working.
• My agency inspires me to come up with new or better ways of doing things.
• My agency recognises and supports the notion that failure is a part of innovation.

Figures AB 16 to AB 21 and tables AB 16 to AB 21 report on the index scores for agencies, by agency size, for APS respondents.

Note: Only index scores for APS agencies are presented. APS Employee Census results for entities that engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 but are not APS agencies under the Act are available on the entity’s website.

Figure AB 16: Enabling Innovation Index by agency size

Source: APS Employee Census

Table AB 16: Enabling Innovation Index by agency size

Source: APS Employee Census

Figure AB 17: Enabling Innovation Index for extra-large agencies (10,000+ employees)

Source: APS Employee Census

Table AB 17: Enabling Innovation Index for extra-large agencies (10,000+ employees)

Source: APS Employee Census

Figure AB 18: Enabling Innovation Index for large agencies (1,001 to 10,000 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census

Table AB 18: Enabling Innovation Index for large agencies (1,001 to 10,000 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census

Figure AB 19: Enabling Innovation Index for medium agencies (251 to 1,000 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census
Note: The Australian Submarine Agency was not an APS agency in 2023. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Sport Integrity Australia were small agencies in 2023.

Table AB 19: Enabling Innovation Index for medium agencies (251 to 1,000 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census
Note: The Australian Submarine Agency was not an APS agency in 2023. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Sport Integrity Australia were small agencies in 2023.

Figure AB 20: Enabling Innovation Index for small agencies (101 to 250 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census
Note: The National Anti-Corruption Commission was not an APS agency in 2023. The Australian Institute of Family Studies was an extra-small agency in 2023.

Table AB 20: Enabling Innovation Index for small agencies (101 to 250 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census
Note: The National Anti-Corruption Commission was not an APS agency in 2023. The Australian Institute of Family Studies was an extra-small agency in 2023.

Figure AB 21: Enabling Innovation Index for extra-small agencies (20 to 100 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census
Note: The Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care and the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service were not APS agencies in 2023. The Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency did not have reportable results in 2023.

Table AB 21: Enabling Innovation Index for extra-small agencies (20 to 100 employees)

Source: APS Employee Census
Note: The Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care and the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service were not APS agencies in 2023. The Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency did not have reportable results in 2023.