Alexandra Hudson The Soul of Civility Launch Party
Join Joanna Taft and Alexandra Hudson as they dialog about beauty, community and the quiet Pourching revolution at the Harrison Center September 27th at 4:30pm. Reception to follow.
An Examined Life: The John Mutz Story Book Event
Sagamore Institute hosted an online event with John Mutz, former Lt. Governor of Indiana, and Dr. Edward Frantz, historian, on the occasion of the release of his new book, An Examined Life: The John Mutz Story.
Red State, Green City
Much debate has surrounded American energy policies, and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard sees the big picture. A former U.S. Marine and veteran of the first Gulf War, Ballard knows the dangers of American dependency on Middle Eastern oil and has found many cost-saving and green ways to move Hoosiers away from oil.
From the West Wing to Better Neighborhoods
In 2010, Llew Wells, former producer for The West Wing, began a venture called Living City Block, a cutting-edge experiment to make cities far more energy-efficient, one block at a time.
Electric Innovations at Gasoline Alley
When the electric Tesla Roadster first launched from its starting position, the car accelerated from zero to sixty in under 4 seconds—a feat that took the Chevy Corvette sixty-years and six generations of gasoline engines to achieve according to the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.
SIG Biannual Conferences
The Secretaries' Innovation Group gather twice a year to exchange ideas for successful innovations which have been executed "on the ground."
SIG Policy Briefs
The Secretaries' Innovation Group argues that the federal government must return key program and budget authority to states as exemplified by the successful 1996 law which reformed welfare and created TANF. An effective, secure safety net can be built around clearly delineated federal objectives that include work, economic self-sufficiency and healthy family life.
Our Team-SIG
Our members are made up of activist Secretaries of human service and workforce agencies (sometimes titled directors or commissioners).
8 Questions for Mitch Daniels
Most portrayals of him have focused upon his unconventional appeal. His lack of ideological sharp elbows combined with a nearly chronic obsession with parsimony has made him a subject of political intrigue —he’s just not like other political creatures.
Strategic Purchasing
For several decades, public innovators have wrestled with privatization and using competition to bring better quality and value into government operations. Many efforts stand or fall on the abilities and commitment of individual public managers here and there, but system-wide outsourcing often proves difficult to achieve.