• How 'Ideation' Can Power Innovation
• Posted By: Neil Kleiman |   October 11, 2012
• It means looking in four directions for creative solutions to pressing problems. Innovation delivery teams in several cities are pioneering the process.
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Derailing Transit with Debt
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   October 10, 2012
• New York City's transportation agency has gone a long way toward fixing its finances. Now its challenge is to resist the temptation that has crippled Boston's transit system.
• Categories: Better, Faster, Cheaper

• Contracting for Value, Not Just Cost
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   October 3, 2012
• Government work usually goes to the lowest bidder. That's not always the smartest way to spend taxpayers' money.
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Delivering Services with Agility and Flexibility
• Posted By: John M. Bernard |   September 25, 2012
• Oregon has a unique approach to designing its health-care programs: a management system that aims to eliminate silos.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 1 Comments

• Fixing Municipal Finance, by the Book
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   September 20, 2012
• A new guide provides tools to help beleaguered local officials keep their communities out of a fiscal nightmare.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Disruptive Change, and How to Make It Happen
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   September 19, 2012
• Is the path to excellence paved by continuous improvement, transformation or both?
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 1 Comments

• Truth, Transparency and Transportation
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   September 13, 2012
• Washington state's transportation agency provided info to lawmakers and the public on what it's doing. It's paying off big-time.
• Categories: State

• Boston's Pioneering Way of Innovating
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   September 12, 2012
• The mayor's chief of staff describes how the city's aggressive pursuit of citizen-friendly tools aims to increase civic participation.
• Categories: Innovation by Design ,  Technology

• Crowdfunding: a New Way to Get Things Done in Government
• Posted By: Charles Chieppo |   September 6, 2012
• It can give residents a way to show their support for projects they care about and save the taxpayers money.
• Categories: Technology
• 6 Comments

• An Old-School Mayor on the Forefront of Innovation
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   September 6, 2012
• Boston's Tom Menino may be an "urban mechanic," but he's taking that concept to new and exciting levels.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 1 Comments