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WelcomeAlliance For Innovation

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Agenda• About the Alliance• The Myths of Innovation • Defining Innovation • How Does Innovation Occur?• 6 Qualities of Organizational Innovation

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About the Alliance

• A short history of the Alliance

• Partners with Arizona State 

University and ICMA

• 275+ Member Organizations

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MissionInspire Innovation to Advance Communities

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True or FalseInnovation Facts

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Enable Innovation through structure

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Early mistakes are profitable

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Defining Innovation

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Types• Incremental

• Fundamental

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Types of Innovation

Fundamental- changes the approach

Incremental - builds upon existing knowledge

Fundamental vs. Incremental

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Fundamental‐‐‐‐‐‐Incremental

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Must Be Relevant, and Applied

How Does Innovation Occur?

Associating Experimenting 

Questioning Networking

Observing 

http://hbr.org/2009/12/the‐innovators‐dna

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Share New Ideas

Think Like An Innovator

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Six QualitiesOf Innovation

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Inclusive Leadership

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Recommendation #1

• Don’t design a process to 

accept ideas you don’t plan to 

carry out! 

#Transformgov

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Relentless Creativity

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Recommendation #2

• Encourage questions rather 

than immediate solutions. 

#Transformgov

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Extensive Internal Partnerships

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Recommendation #3

• Create cross collaborative 

teams for new projects based 

on talent. 

#Transformgov

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Robust External Partnerships

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Recommendation #4

• Ask “Who’s not at the table 

that could also contribute?” 

#Transformgov

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Authentic Community Connections

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Recommendation #5

• Design a new process to 

recruit the unheard voices. 

#Transformgov

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Reality FocusedResults Driven

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Recommendation #6

• Don't punish people for 

finding the data, incentivize!

#Transformgov

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Six Qualities of Innovation

1. Inclusive Leadership2. Relentless Creativity3. Extensive Internal Partnerships4. Robust External Partnerships5. Authentic Community Connections6. Reality Focused Results Driven

What area can you commit to?

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Thank you!

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Contact InfoEmail: saburnett@transformgov.orgWebsite: www.transformgov.org

Twitter: @TransformGov

Thanks TAMCAR!

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