• Tell a Story, Spread an Idea
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   December 29, 2009
• When it comes to spreading an innovative practice, it helps to be able to tell a good story. This interview with Sandford Borins, a Professor...
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Taking Aim at Systemic Risk
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   December 20, 2009
• We've seen what happens when risk isn't accounted for properly. The mortage meltdown has prompted government to address enterprise risk in a more systematic way....
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Pick It or Ticket
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   December 9, 2009
• Wilmington had a problem. Sanitation-related complaints were flooding its Division of Licenses & Inspections (L&I), as neighborhoods were being dragged down by trash left outside...
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Driving Change: Go Big or Go Home
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   December 2, 2009
• A city official once compared managing in City Hall to driving a bus, with one difference. "Every seat is equipped with a brake, so lots...
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Dedicated to Transformation
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   December 2, 2009
• Given the day-to-day demands of political leadership, it is hard to focus on innovation. In his article, John O'Leary highlights how the city of Detroit...
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Democracy on the Cheap
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   November 4, 2009
• What if they held an election and nobody came? That pretty much happened in New York City in September. According to the New York Times, "...
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Jonathan Walters on the Culture of Innovation
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   October 19, 2009
• Jonathan Walters of Governing magazine has been writing about state and local innovation for more than 20 years. He recently sat down with John O'Leary, executive...
• Categories: Innovation by Design
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• Utah's 4 Day Work Week - The New Wave?
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   October 5, 2009
• Since August 2008, Utah state employees have been working just four days a week and it doesn't look like the three day weekends are going to...
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Visualizing Food Safety: Seeing the Linkages in a Networked World
• Posted By: Zachary Tumin |   September 21, 2009
• "Light at the mouth of the cave," a senior state food safety executive murmured. He was watching Tim Wormus, an evangelist for Tibco/Spotfire's visualization...
• Categories: Innovation by Design

• Some Good News for a Change
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   September 14, 2009
• Anyone looking for inspiration would have found it at the Innovations in American Government Awards dinner, held tonight in Washington DC. I wish I could...
• Categories: Innovation by Design