From Drivers to Decisions: Why Strategic Foresight Is a Leadership Discipline for Innovative Cities
By Brent Stockwell, ICMA-CM for the Alliance for Innovation The Alliance for Innovation’s Strategic Foresight Research: Innovation in Public Services…
What the Best Strategic Foresight Companies Do—and Why It Matters for Innovative Cities
A January 2026 Harvard Business Review article, “What Companies That Excel at Strategic Foresight Do Differently,” by Wendi Backler, Alan…
When Innovation Creates Conflict: What Ostriches, Chameleons, and Dolphins Can Teach Us
Innovation in local government rarely falters because the idea itself is flawed. More often, it runs into trouble because innovation…
Becoming the Agentic City: How AI Can Help Local Government Work Smarter, Faster, and Fairer
Local government exists to solve problems people can’t solve alone. We pave streets, run libraries, and process permits — but…
