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Can Governments Till the Fields of Innovation?

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I read my colleague, Martin Stewart Weeks, interesting work on Governing at the Edge...I thought this NY Times article added additional insights.  Can Governments Till the Fields of Innovation? By STEVE LOHR   INNOVATION — the tricky, many-step process by which ideas become products and services — has typically been seen, studied and celebrated at the micro level, as a pursuit for entrepreneurs and clever companies. But governments are increasingly wading int...

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Copy_of_diogo_vasconcelos_by_jo_o_oliveira_silva004_medium Diogo Vasconcelos

Recovery through innovation

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"The European stimulus plan is about promoting innovation in all sectors", said President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on the final session of the workshop on Social Innovation I had the opportunity to participate this week in Brussels (official press release here). On the same day, it was announced that President Obama will create an Office of Social Innovation. This ad hoc meeting, very well organized by the Bureau of European Policy Advisors, gathered 40 social innovator...

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Sharing and Stimulating Public Sector Innovation

last updated about 1 year ago, 2 Comments

Last week I had an interesting conversation with Ivo Gormley from ThinkPublic, an interesting group of young designers and others committed to making public services better for everyone. Ivo (an antropologist) by background told me about an interesting film he hopes to complete shortly on Government 2.0 and which I hope we will at some point feature on this site. He also talked about some of the work ThinkPublic have been doing in the health service to develop bottom-up approaches to business...

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