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The Leadership Issue
“Expect to take heat if you’re changing the status quo”
Wednesday February 19, 2020 / By The Commons
From Featured , The Leadership Issue
G.T. Bynum is the 40th mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In this Q&A, he shares lessons learned and advice for other innovators working on seemingly intractable... Read More
“We have an obligation to be stewards of our coworkers”
Wednesday February 19, 2020 / By The Commons
From Featured , The Leadership Issue
Ian Bassin is the executive director of Protect Democracy. In our Q&A, he explains how his team stays united and strong while working on some of the toughest... Read More
“We didn’t intend to start an organization”
Wednesday February 19, 2020 / By The Commons
From Featured , The Leadership Issue
In this interview, Leah Greenberg of Indivisible tells us how she and her team turned a volunteer army into an effective nonprofit entity—one that lets... Read More
From Past Issues
“A space of creativity and risk-taking”: Notes from Philly’s service design team
Friday January 24, 2020 / By The Commons
From The Getting Started Issue
For this Q&A, we reached out to the PHL Service Design Studio at the City of Philadelphia. Director Liana Dragoman shared the studio’s origins,... Read More
500 people raising their hands: How we’re building an inclusive tech team
Friday January 24, 2020 / By Matthew McAllister
From The Getting Started Issue
Matthew McAllister is a founding member of the Colorado Digital Service. By October, we’d spent countless hours in coffee meetings, video chats, and speaking... Read More
“Never listen to advice. But do get lots of information.”
Friday January 24, 2020 / By The Commons
From The Getting Started Issue , Uncategorized
For this Q&A, we reached out to New Jersey’s innovation team about getting started. We spoke with Dr. Beth Simone Noveck (Chief Innovation Officer,... Read More
Shaking up the status quo machine
Thursday December 5, 2019 / By Lane Becker
Lane Becker was formerly the Director of 10x Investments for the General Services Administration and the Director of Products and Startups for Code for America.... Read More
How new mothers’ health data is saving women’s lives in California
Monday September 30, 2019 / By The Commons
From The Health Issue
Dr. David Lagrew is an OB-GYN and founding member of the CMQCC. How did the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative get started? In 2005 the state... Read More
When the best medicine in the world isn’t enough, what can technology do?
Monday September 30, 2019 / By Sonia Sarkar
From The Health Issue
Sonia Sarkar was previously the Chief Policy and Engagement Officer for the Baltimore City Health Department. Fifteen years ago, I volunteered at clinics... Read More