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WelcomeAlliance For Innovation

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Agenda• Alliance• The Myths of Innovation • Defining Innovation • 6 Qualities of Organizational Innovation• Getting Results • Risk Taking

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About the Alliance

• Founded 37 Years Ago

• Partners with Arizona State

University and ICMA

• 350+ Members

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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• Adoption

• Adaptation

• Invention

• Diffusion

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Must Be Relevant, and Applied

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Six QualitiesOf Innovation

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"82% of Alliance members are above the average rate in their adoption of innovative

ideas" - ASU Study

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Inclusive Leadership

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Decatur, GA

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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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Bellevue, WA

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Recommendation #2

• Encourage questions rather

than immediate solutions.

#Transformgov

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Extensive Internal Partnerships

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Adams County, CO

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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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Fort Collins, CO

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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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Spanish LanguageLeadership Academy

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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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StrathconaCanada

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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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Taking a risk is the actually the safest thing to do these days - Seth Godin

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Thank you!nfudge@transforgov.org

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

Twitter: @TransformGov@KUfudge

Thanks NRC!

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Q&A

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