214 Practice and Innovation 1. Revolutionary Innovation
Learning from Cities— The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
organization with no corresponding management departments. As a result, both its working mode and
The innovation committee provides
output are innovative. The committee
a platform to enrich ideas, accelerate
is changing the way in which
development and cooperate in projects
Buenos Aires government conducts
with regards to innovation in public
innovation.
policies.
What is more, officials offer
The innovation committee by nature
suggestions by taking advantage of
is a revolutionary measure, as it serves
their qualification and experience.
as a novel strategy in dealing with
Obviously, people need to take an
public policies. Different from other
a u d a c i o u s a n d c o u n t e r- i n t u i t i v e
departments in the world which
attitude when considering innovation
aims at propelling innovation, the
for development, and that is just where
innovation committee is a horizontal
the main merits of the committee lie.
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