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Enabling innovation 2023

Highlights of the ATO's 2023 employee census results on enabling innovation.

Published 2 December 2024

ATO innovation index score

Your enabling innovation index score is 66. Variance from:

  • 2022 is 0
  • the APS overall is +2
  • larger operational agencies is +2
  • extra-large sized agencies is +3.

What the innovation score measures

The innovation score assesses both whether employees feel willing and able to be innovative, and whether their agency has a culture that enables them to be so.

Innovation results

Overall results on innovation

Statement

Positive

Neutral

Negative

I believe that one of my responsibilities is to continually look for new ways to improve the way we work

81%

15%

4%

My immediate supervisor encourages me to come up with new or better ways of doing things

74%

20%

6%

People are recognised for coming up with new and innovative ways of working

65%

26%

9%

My agency inspires me to come up with new or better ways of doing things

55%

33%

11%

My agency recognises and supports the notion that failure is a part of innovation

42%

40%

17%

Innovation result variance 2

Statement

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

I believe that one of my responsibilities is to continually look for new ways to improve the way we work

+3

+4

My immediate supervisor encourages me to come up with new or better ways of doing things

+3

+4

People are recognised for coming up with new and innovative ways of working

+7

+7

My agency inspires me to come up with new or better ways of doing things

+6

+6

My agency recognises and supports the notion that failure is a part of innovation

+3

+3

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