Government Leadership and Innovation
- Title:
- The Secrets of Innovation: Government Leaders Need to Think Like Entrepreneurs
- Author:
- By Dan Lohrmann
- Date:
- September 28, 2014
- Published by:
- Government Technology
- Summary:
- "Building effective virtual government requires new ideas, innovative thinking and hard work. From cybersecurity to cloud computing to mobile devices, Dan discusses what's hot and what works in the world of government technology and innovation." As summary of the 2014 Silicon Valley Innovation & Entrepreneur Forum (SVIEF), this blog offers timeless relevance on innovation.
- Keywords:
- Silicon Valley Innovation & Entrepreneur Forum, SVIEF, innovation, fail fast, Face Book, entrepreneurship, Internet of things (loT), new connectivity, changing the learning curve
- Title:
- The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy
- Author:
- Robert Simons
- Date:
- July 15, 2013
- Published by:
- Harvard Business School, Working Paper 13-100
- Summary:
- "This study focuses on the relationship between business strategy, organization structure, and diagnostic control systems. The project analyzes data from 75 field studies to illustrate how managers adjust span of accountability and span of control to motivate different levels of innovation and entrepreneurial behavior. Six propositions are derived inductively about when, why, and how managers make these choices."
- Keywords:
- Business strategy, strategy implementation, control systems, responsibility accounting, span of accountability, organization structure, organization design, authority, span of control, controllability, entrepreneurial gap, entrepreneurship, stimulating innovation, competition, Harvard
- Title:
- Government Entrepreneur is Not an Oxymoron
- Author:
- Mitchell Weiss
- Date:
- March 28, 2014
- Published by:
- Harvard Business Review
- Summary:
- Article discusses what makes great public entrepreneurship and why it must be developed in government operations.
- Keywords:
- Entrepreneurship, government, leadership, Harvard Business Review
- Title:
- Innovations in Government
- Author:
- Harvard Kennedy School ASH Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
- Date:
- 2017
- Published by:
- Harvard University
- Summary:
- "The Innovations in Government Program is the premier academic force for recognizing and promoting excellence in the public sector and fostering innovative policy solutions to the 21st century challenges of governing."
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, education, Harvard University
- Title:
- Government Innovation: Applying the Bloomberg Philanthropies Approach to Drive Innovation in Cities
- Author:
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Date:
- 2017
- Published by:
- Bloomberg.org Group
- Summary:
- "The Government Innovation team's mission is to give cities the support they need to get there. We promote public sector innovation capacity and spread proven and promising solutions among cities worldwide. We test and refine urban innovations and equip mayors and local leaders with practical tools and approaches to tackle tough issues and enable civic innovation to flourish."
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, city innovation
- Title:
- Embracing Innovation on Government: Global Trends
- Author:
- The OECD and MBRCGI
- Date:
- February 2017
- Published by:
- OECD
- Summary:
- An in-depth report on the latest developments in global government innovation.
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, global trends, OECD, MBRCGI
- Title:
- Innovation Can Fix Government, Sure. Either That or Break It.
- Author:
- Emily Dreyfuss
- Date:
- March 27, 2017
- Published by:
- Wired
- Summary:
- "You don't need to be in government to know how slowly it moves. In business, that kind of inefficiency makes entrepreneurial mouths water. So it's no surprise that America's businessman-turned-president wants to speed things up."
- Keywords:
- Donald Trump, national affairs, government innovation, Wired
- Title:
- Four Government Programs That Drive Innovation
- Author:
- Greg Satell
- Date:
- July2, 2013
- Published by:
- Forbes
- Summary:
- A review of four programs that are driving government innovation: DARPA, NIH, In-Q-Tel, and SBIR.
- Keywords:
- Funding programs, government assistance programs, government grants, Forbes, government innovation
- Title:
- Innovation: The Government was Crucial After All
- Author:
- Jeff Madrick
- Date:
- April 24, 2014
- Published by:
- The New York Review of Books
- Summary:
- "An in-depth review of, The Entrepreneurial State, by the Sussex University economist Mariana Mazzucato. Mazzucato observes that less and less basic research is being done by companies today. Rather, they focus on the commercial development of the research already done by the government. One shouldn't underestimate the degree of imagination and funding necessary to transform a major scientific idea into a product that can be used by millions of consumers."
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, entrepreneurship, The New York Review of Books
- Title:
- The World's Most Innovative Research Institutions
- Author:
- David Ewalt
- Date:
- March 8, 2016
- Published by:
- Reuters
- Summary:
- "Silicon Valley's hoodie-wearing tech entrepreneurs are the poster kids of innovation. But the innovators who are really changing the world are more likely to wear lab coats and hold government-related jobs in Grenoble, Munich or Tokyo. That's the conclusion of Reuters' Top 25 Global Innovators – Government, a list that identifies and ranks the publicly funded institutions doing the most to advance science and technology."
- Keywords:
- Reuters, government innovation, global innovators, technology
- Title:
- Why Does the Government Struggle So Much with Innovation?
- Author:
- Kalev Leetaru
- Date:
- July, 26, 2016
- Published by:
- Forbes
- Summary:
- Kalev's piece for Forbes explores why the US Government struggles so much with innovation and their inability to think outside the box.
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, socio-cultural insight, Forbes
- Title:
- 5 Fantastic Examples of Government Innovation
- Author:
- KimTruong
- Date:
- August 8, 2013
- Published by:
- govloop.com
- Summary:
- "The number of government programs and initiatives operating today is probably incalculable. From national security to early childhood education, government programs address a vast landscape of policy issues. Amongst the crowd, a number of initiatives are tackling complex public challenges through engineering smart opportunities of collaboration and cross-issue policy integration."
- Keywords:
- Collaboration, government innovation, Harvard, govloop.com
- Title:
- Unleashing Breakthrough Innovation in Government
- Author:
- Nikhil R. Sahni, Maxwell Wessel, & Clayton M. Christensen
- Date:
- Summer 2013
- Published by:
- Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Summary:
- Public sector innovators are improving government by replicating the market conditions that have long fostered breakthrough innovation in the private sector.
- Keywords:
- Communication,Government Programs,Human Resources,Innovation Theory,Internet,Intrapreneurs,Mobile Technology,Performance Metrics,Sharing Economy,Social Entrepreneurship,Social Innovation Fund,Transparency, Government innovation, Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Title:
- High Impact Innovation in Government is Within Reach
- Author:
- Lucien Randazzese
- Date:
- March 24, 2016
- Published by:
- SRI International
- Summary:
- SRI International blog on recognizing the need to bring greater attention to the issue of innovation in government, the criteria used to evaluate government innovation, and emerging strategies for public-sector innovation, as well as featured innovation from around the world.
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, MBRCGI, Edge of Government Showcase 2016, SRI International
- Title:
- How to Make Government Innovative Again
- Author:
- Steve Denning
- Date:
- March 6, 2012
- Published by:
- Forbes
- Summary:
- Article discusses why innovation is not a part of everything the government does and the opportunities for the public sector to play an important role in the economy's future.
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, Forbes, team-building activities, innovative business ideas
- Title:
- Promoting Innovation in Government
- Author:
- United States Office of Personnel Management
- Date:
- Unknown
- Published by:
- OPM
- Summary:
- The United States Office of Personnel Management recommendations and resources for promoting government innovation.
- Keywords:
- Government innovation, opm.gov
- Title:
- Building a Culture of Innovation in Government: An Example from New York City Public Schools
- Author:
- Panelists: Stacey Gillett, Chief of Staff at the NYC Department of Education Office of Innovation and Chrystina Russell, Principal at Global Tech Prep (a school participating in iZone)
- Date:
- August 15, 2011
- Published by:
- ASH CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INNOVATION, Harvard
- Summary:
- "This Webinar explores iZone, an initiative of New York City's Department of Education. iZone consists of a unique community of innovative schools committed to personalizing learning. Through the use of real-time information, community and corporate partnerships, digital media, and clustering of innovative schools, iZone is creating and growing pockets of progress. What lessons are NYC schools learning about the process of education innovation? How are these lessons captured and shared with others?"
- Keywords:
- Culture of Innovation in Government, education, iZone, innovation, Harvard, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
- Title:
- Innovation in Government
- Author:
- Varies by article
- Date:
- 2017
- Published by:
- govleaders.org
- Summary:
- Links to govleaders.org recommended articles and books on Innovation in Government
- Keywords:
- Culture of Innovation in Government, govleaders.org, innovation, leadership
- Title:
- Creating a Culture of Innovation: Serial innovation and the Public Sector
- Author:
- Deloitte Center for Government Insights
- Date:
- November 10, 2016
- Published by:
- Deloitte Center for Government Insights
- Summary:
- "Government can and does innovate, but there is indeed an "innovation gap" that needs to be addressed. How can public sector agencies cultivate an environment that more consistently sparks moments of creativity — the brilliant idea, the novel principle, the solution to a long-standing problem, or the argument that finally debunks old prejudices and dogmas?"
- Keywords:
- Culture of Innovation in Government, Deloitte Center for Government Insights
- Title:
- How Can We Build a More Innovative Government?
- Author:
- Dr. Hollie Russon Gilman, Fellow, Beeck Center + Massive Data Institute; and Jessica Gover, Research Associate
- Date:
- October 6, 2016
- Published by:
- Beeck Center, Georgetown University
- Summary:
- "As presidential transition teams on both sides are building out their plans for the next administration, they have an unprecedented opportunity to maximize and grow the strides made by the Obama administration to create impactful change. For federal policymaking to create lasting outcomes, we believe that creating a holistic culture of innovation in government is the key to solving some of our biggest civic challenges. We hope that our report and today's convening will provide a helpful roadmap as to best organization for innovation in government for 2016 and beyond."
- Keywords:
- Culture of Innovation in Government, Beeck Center, Georgetown University
- Title:
- The Architecture of Innovation: Institutionalizing Innovation in Federal Policy Making
- Author:
- Beeck Center, Georgetown University
- Date:
- October 2016
- Published by:
- Beeck Center, Georgetown University
- Summary:
- The full published 2016 report
- Keywords:
- Culture of Innovation in Government, Beeck Center, Georgetown University