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Change Isn’t About Persuasion. It’s About Power

Digital Tonto

In 2013, the political scientist Moisés Naím published The End of Power, in which he argued that because of the increase in mobility and technology and decrease in poverty, the power of institutions was diminishing. Power hadn’t ended exactly but, as he put it, power was becoming “easier to gain but harder to use or keep.”.

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U.S. Army Announces New Digital Transformation Strategy

IdeaScale

Any government organization faces several challenges when it comes to technology, none more so than the U.S. As different units have different versions of these standards, and as the military is on the cutting edge of government innovation, for the Army, this has meant that a wide variety of systems have been put in place over time.

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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

Behavioural nudges are clever policy tweaks often used by governments to influence the choices that people make. In 2010 the British Government set up a Behaviourial Insights Team (BIT), which became known as the ‘Nudge Unit’ Its aim was to save at least ten times its running cost.

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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

Learn more about any of these stories (2013 – 2016) by following the links in their summaries: 2013 : The Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Connecting citizens in the global south to their governments. We’ve honored a variety of organizations and companies in the past and we hope that we have just as much to learn this year.

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Announcing the 2015 Global Innovation Survey

Imaginatik

This research initiative, a follow-up from a similar study in 2013, is aimed at defining the state of innovation in the enterprise in 2015. Since the previous survey in 2013 , we've watched the discipline of corporate innovation grow and evolve considerably.

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How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

Today, Brazil–and as a consequence its citizens–is poorer and the government has fewer resources to provide social services to the people. It is against this backdrop that Lula will govern, not to mention the looming global recession, a slow recovery from the pandemic, and the vitriolic political climate. Pull, don’t push.

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We are falling badly behind on our invention in technology for the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

In summary: The Technology Collaboration Programme supports the work of independent, international groups of experts that enable governments and industries worldwide to lead programmes and projects on a wide range of energy technologies and related issues. Also, the database shows RD&D budgets and calculating indicators.