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"Containerization" Takeaways

A container approach can help deliver sustainable solutions to problems requiring fast, decisive action.

The container approach, written about by Management Insights columnists Gerry DeSeve and Robert Fryer, has helped organizations find missing children, the U.S. Army deploy anywhere in the world within 96 hours and feed and shelter earthquake survivors in Haiti.

To learn how "containerization" can serve as a highly effective delivery system in your organization, READ MORE.

Management Insights is published here on Governing.com in collaboration with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. The column is moderated by Stephen Goldsmith, a Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School (on leave), and deputy mayor of operations for the City of New York.

Elizabeth Daigneau is GOVERNING's managing editor.