Change Papers: A shared effort to change North Carolina's climate for innovation.

Innovation in the government space may be the greatest — and most important — opportunity for NC over the next ten years. Seriously.

Innovation, which we define as the translation of “new ideas and technologies into new systems, products and services,” has come to business in six broad areas over the past twenty years. Each of those areas raises some possible areas government might look for progress over the next ten (or twenty) years.

Government can innovate. New technology makes it possible and smart people make it probable – if we can turn them loose on solving the problems – if we can let them innovate.