From the Wiki for local government innovation, the Govlaunch podcast shares the stories of local government innovators and their efforts to build better governm...
Bloomington, IN makes space for low-cost, impactful innovation
On this episode, Devta Kidd, Innovation Director for Bloomington, Indiana joins me to talk about low budget, impactful innovation that any local government can try. We'll talk about cross-departmental buy-in strategies for engaging the community and what questions we should be asking as we progress through a project lifecycle to ensure innovation remains at the center.Featured government: City of Bloomington, IndianaEpisode Guests: Devta Kidd – Innovation DirectorVisit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
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Hamilton legal drives model policies in the face of major disruptors
The legal division is often assumed to be slow and archaic, even a barrier to innovation. In the City of Hamilton's case, this couldn't be further from the truth. The division has created model policies around some big disruptors, such as the sharing economy, that are now being replicated around the world. Featured government: City of Hamilton, CanadaEpisode Guests:Monica Ciriello – Director Municipal Law and Licensing Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
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Montréal in Common on putting community needs first and tips for more agile and impactful civic innovation
Back in 2019, the city of Montréal was a successful bidder of the Canadian government Smart Cities Challenge. This allowed Montreal to kick off a multi-year multi-project effort to tackle everything from food security to mobility.Featured government: Montréal, CanadaEpisode Guests:Aldo Rizzi, Program Director – Smart City Innovation Program chez Ville de MontréalPatrick Lozeau, Advisor in charge of data projects for Montreal in CommonVisit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
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Paris, FR focusing on resiliency to drive impactful and equitable policing
With police forces in many local governments coming under major scrutiny, we'll hear how one government is looking at risk management, crisis management, internal audit, and ultimately ways to improve resiliency to drive impactful and equitable policing.Featured government: Paris, FranceEpisode Guest: Inès Boubaker, Risk Manager, Paris City HallVisit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
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Web3 and blockchain applications for local government
Olivia dives into what this new tech is and what roles local government practitioners can play in these emerging spaces.Episode Guests: Dani Pico, Director of Community at ForumDani is a long time start-up operator focused on the education and innovation sectors. Currently, Dani is the Director of Community at Forum Ventures, an early stage fund and accelerator program focused on B2B SaaS.Zachary HabayebReal Estate Tokenization in the UKVisit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
From the Wiki for local government innovation, the Govlaunch podcast shares the stories of local government innovators and their efforts to build better governments. Through conversations with cities and towns around the world, each episode explores creative solutions to the challenges communities face, and what local governments can learn from each other’s successes and failures.
Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
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