On this episode, Devta Kidd, Innovation Director for Bloomington, Indiana joins me to talk about low budget, impactful innovation that any local government can try. We'll talk about cross-departmental buy-in strategies for engaging the community and what questions we should be asking as we progress through a project lifecycle to ensure innovation remains at the center.

Featured government: City of Bloomington, Indiana

Episode Guests: Devta Kidd  – Innovation Director

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The legal division is often assumed to be slow and archaic, even a barrier to innovation. In the City of Hamilton's case, this couldn't be further from the truth. The division has created model policies around some big disruptors, such as the sharing economy, that are now being replicated around the world. 

Featured government: City of Hamilton, Canada

Episode Guests:

Monica Ciriello  – Director Municipal Law and Licensing 

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Back in 2019, the city of Montréal was a successful bidder of the Canadian government Smart Cities Challenge. This allowed Montreal to kick off a multi-year multi-project effort to tackle everything from food security to mobility.

Featured government:  Montréal, Canada

Episode Guests:

Aldo Rizzi, Program Director – Smart City Innovation Program chez Ville de Montréal

Patrick Lozeau, Advisor in charge of data projects for Montreal in Common

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