William Eggers, Global Director for Deloitte Research
Monday, 4:10-5:30 p.m.
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
In the wake of the deep austerity facing most governments around the world, leaders are faced with the challenge to “do more with less.” Unfortunately, typical cost reduction exercises inevitably result in a difficult trade-off—between price or performance. Breaking this seemingly unavoidable trade-off will require leaders to look at the public sector in a whole new way. The key to radically reducing costs, while maintaining or even improving services, is disruptive innovation. Creating the conditions for disruption will require policymakers to view government through a different lens. More»

Tangerine M. Brigham, Director of Healthy San Francisco
Monday, 4:10-5:30 p.m.
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
Healthy San Francisco targets underserved and disadvantaged populations. As an initiative of the city and county of San Francisco, it provides healthcare to the region’s estimated 64,000 uninsured adult residents. Administered by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Healthy San Francisco integrates existing public and private healthcare providers into a single, centralized system, whereby residents can enroll, select a primary care medical home, and gain access to services, information, and support. At this seminar, Healthy San Francisco, one of the year's Innovations in American Government Award Finalist, will present its innovation. More»

David Osborne, Senior Partner of The Public Strategies Group
Monday, 4:10-5:30 p.m.
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
In most bureaucratic public organizations, innovation is possible but difficult. Those who innovate swim upstream, against many obstacles. "Reinventing"--or "transforming"--government is about changing the organization so that innovation becomes the norm, rather than the exception. It creates an organization in which innovators swim with the current, rather than against it. David Osborne will discuss the strategies that are most powerful in provoking this kind of fundamental transformation. More»

Veronica M. White, Center for Economic Opportunity
Monday, 4:10-5:30 p.m.
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
The Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) works to design, implement, and evaluate anti-poverty programs. CEO has now implemented more than 50 programs in partnership with 28 city agencies and has introduced a new measure of poverty for New York City, based on the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences. The program is this year's winner of the Innovations in American Government Award. More»

Marcie Osinsky, Boston Teacher Residency Curriculum Director
Monday, April 23, 2012, 4:10-5:30 p.m.
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
Co-sponsored by the Program on Education Policy and Governance, HKS
Boston Public Schools’ Boston Teacher Residency program attracts and retains a diverse group of high quality teachers to drive up academic achievement in the highest-need areas of Boston. Aspiring teachers, called residents, participate in a year-long apprenticeship, working with experienced teachers and taking courses to earn a master’s degree. Graduates receive ongoing support for their first three years of teaching. Boston Teacher Residency reports an 80 percent three-year retention rate of its graduates compared to a 53 percent district three-year teacher retention rate before the program’s inception in 2003. More»

Christian Gibbons, Director of Business/Industry Affairs, Littleton, Colorado
Monday, 4:10-5:30 p.m.
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North
Littleton, Colorado's Economic Gardening program focuses on enhancing the city’s home-grown industries to increase job growth and overall economic prosperity for the region. Since its creation, the city’s job base has nearly doubled (from 15,000 to 27,000) and sales tax revenue has tripled (from $6 million to $20 million), while the population has increased by 23 percent. More»