From Heroes to Collaborators: Redefining Public Innovation for a Better Future
The common ‚hero‘ narrative in policymaking can hinder collaboration for the public good. However, research has shown that with attention to institutional design, innovation mechanisms, and an integrative leadership approach, collaborative innovation can lead to improved public trust and quality of spending. By giving government staff more agency and partnering with businesses, philanthropies, educational institutions, and nonprofits, collaborative innovation can align diverse skills, experience, and perspectives for actionable solutions.
The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins is promoting a shift towards collaborative public innovation and offers concrete examples from Bogotá, Helsinki, Mobile, and Philadelphia on how to catalyze creativity by sharing power with partners, empowering staff, and designing for trust.
This event takes place at the Bowl stage, a fishbowl-style session where audience members can join in the discussion based on the topic at hand.
Speakers: Terrance Smith, Tommi Laitio, Kira Strong, Angela Reyes
This session is organised in collaboration with Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation.
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Berlin, 10243 Germany
Tommi Laitio
Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow / Johns Hopkins University
Kira Strong
Executive Director, Rebuild Initiative / City of Philadelphia
Angela Reyes
Digital Transformation leader, Public Innovation Lab of Bogotá (iBO)
Terrance Smith
Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow / Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation