Crossing Sectors to Reinvent Local Government

November 14, 2012Triple Helix WorkshopBuilding the Entrepreneurial University

The SPUR Model

Research + Advocacy + Implementation

Community Planning

Disaster Preparedness

Economic Development

Good Government

Housing Sustainable Development

Regional Planning

Transportation

The SPUR Model

Research + Advocacy + Implementation

Community Planning

Disaster Preparedness

Economic Development

Good Government

Housing Sustainable Development

Regional Planning

Transportation

• Efficiency• Effectiveness• Transparency

• More about capacity• Operational• Financial• Services• Human resources

• And systems• Service providers• Strategic partners• Regulatory structures

Good Government

• Constrained resources• Structural deficits• Unfunded liabilities• Unsustainable services• Legacy systems and

processes

• Have to devise new waysto provide services• Service providers• Strategic partners• Self-service solutions• New service models

Reaching across sectors

• Public-private partnerships – a network of partners• Pro bono networks• Foundation partners• Placements and training programs

• New funding models• Technology can help, but isn’t the answer

• Self-service solutions• Open data• Subject matter networks

• Community-based systems• Experimentation• Innovation is needed at every level, but will encounter many forms of

resistance

What does this mean?

• Systems-based thinking

• Experimentation

• Cross-sector collaboration

• Encourage entrepreneurs in public service

• Multi-disciplinary training

Implications for universities?