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

Note: Are nonprofits under the same pressure to innovate as businesses, education and state and local government? Can they get the resources they need to innovate? How? And what does the state of NC get in return if they are successful? Guest poster Todd Cohen, publisher of the North Carolina-based Philanthropy Journal, looks at which [...]

In previous papers, we’ve looked at why it is essential that government become dramatically more innovative in its own internal operations and programs delivery, to better “translate new ideas and technologies into new systems, products and services.” We’ve looked at some areas where businesses have been innovating, with the idea that government might look to [...]

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.