Who are the Innovators Inside Government?

Abstract

We now come to the point where we draw together all our previous examinations of innovation norms and procedures, our various explorations of networking activities and network structures, to make some coherent claims about innovation inside government. As the last four chapters have demonstrated, the key innovators in our four city governments occupy certain network positions and are located at particular levels in the hierarchy. We have also seen that there are some interesting variations across governments in regard to who the innovators are, what counts as innovation, and the degree of fit between the internal (politicians and bureaucrats) and the external (community leaders) view of what innovations are significant. The remaining question is: Who are the innovators inside government?