Brookings: Topics - Innovation

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:38 GMT

Offered Dec 9-10, 2009. You will learn how to create an adaptive organization that is risk tolerant and able to explore creative solutions even when confronted by many constraints. Whether you are striving to become a senior executive or already are one, you will learn how to work with diverse teams to solve the right problem the first time.

Course Date(s):

Apr 20 - Apr 21, 2010

Creating New Value Through Innovation

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:04:13 GMT

Offered Feb. 16-17, 2010. Creating new value through innovation is core to providing great customer service and to advancing effectiveness and efficiency, especially in times of declining resources, increasing demand for services, and change. In this course you will learn systematic ways to identify new opportunities whether they are discovered in a public need or uncovered within your organization.

Course Date(s):

Feb 16 - Feb 17, 2010

Measuring Innovation and Change During Turbulent Economic Times

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Event Information:

November 17, 2009, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM

On November 17, a day-long conference co-sponsored by Brookings and the Heritage Foundation will explore the measurement challenges associated with the recession, particularly in the financial and housing sectors; how innovation can become a standard component of our national accounting system, and how incorporating innovation metrics will aid the development of a unified picture of the sources of growth and economic disruption.

Innovative Business Practices for the Public Sector

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:51:17 GMT

Through a series of visits to corporate headquarters, federal executives will learn innovative leadership and management lessons from the best in the business world.

Innovation’s Conference Committee Hurdle

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

America continues to grope toward the development of an effective innovation strategy as part of a credible push toward economic reinvention. Mark Muro and Andrew Reamer urge Congress to implement and test an important new strategy - a regional industry clusters program. This program would play a critical role in the nation’s economic recovery and longer-term revitalization at the metropolitan and rural levels ultimately stimulating innovation and job-creation.

Seattle's Opportunity Emerging from the Great Recession

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Bruce Katz outlines the many metropolitan assets that could form the basis for the Seattle region’s economic recovery and evolution. However, Seattle won’t get there without renewed civic collaboration, smart government action and an overarching regional vision.

What Consumers Want From Mobile Communications

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Congress tasked the FCC with developing a national broadband policy by February 17, 2010 to boost our nation’s communications infrastructure and long-term economic development. Darrell West explores in a new study what consumers want from new mobile communications in the United States, Spain, United Kingdom, and Spain and how these results demonstrate the virtue of innovation and open networks for communications policy.

Energy Efficiency: Better Lightbulbs and Beyond

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Moving beyond President Obama administration’s new lightbulb standards, Mark Muro and Jonathan Rothwell of the Metropolitan Policy Program note the need for broader policy interventions to shrink the carbon footprint of the built environment.

Next on Climate: Improve Waxman-Markey Innovation Provisions in Senate

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Following a narrow House vote on Friday to pass climate change legislation, President Obama called on the Senate this weekend to follow suit. Mark Muro urges an even greater investment in energy innovation to catalyze a radically cleaner future.

The Scouting Report: Technology Innovation for Open Government

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Event Information:

June 17, 2009, 12:30 PM to 01:30

Brookings expert Darrell West and Politico Senior Editor David Mark discussed ways the government can use the Internet and new technologies to provide better, faster, more transparent and accountable service to its people in the June 17 edition of the Scouting Report.

The Scouting Report: Clean Energy Innovation

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Event Information:

June 03, 2009, 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM

In the June 3 edition of the Scouting Report live web chat, Brookings policy expert Mark Muro and Politico senior editor Fred Barbash discussed how "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" is more than just a cap-and-trade bill. The bill has significant components dedicated to energy innovation and clean energy technology development and deployment.

Waxman-Markey: What About Innovation?

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The climate change bill now winding its way through the House of Representatives has significant components dedicated to energy innovation and clean energy technology development and deployment. However, Mark Muro argues, funding the Department of Energy’s budget request for innovation would more immediately establish American alternative energy leadership.

Budget 2010: A New Embrace of Regional Innovation

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The in-depth versions of President Obama’s first budget released in early May detail a number of significant direct and indirect investments in the innovation capacity of U.S. metropolitan areas. Several of these proposals reflect ideas generated by Metropolitan Policy Program experts.

To Make Clean Energy Cheaper, U.S. Needs Bold Research Push

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Mark Muro and Teryn Norris urge policy-makers to move innovation and commercialization to the fore of America’s outdated energy policy. They advocate creating regional energy partnerships—or e-DIIs—to accelerate the development of reasonably priced alternative energy technologies and bring them to the marketplace.

Federal Energy R&D: Do It All - But Differently

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Some say America needs to deploy existing green technology quickly while others say the nation needs to stress new scientific breakthroughs. Mark Muro says both camps are right, and that MPP’s proposal for the federal government to create a series of energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-DIIs) suggests a way to make progress on both counts.

New Paradigms in Energy Research

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Event Information:

February 09, 2009, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM

With new national leadership committed to investing in clean energy technology, now is the time to explore new research paradigms in America. At this event, the Blueprint for American Prosperity released a new report that examines the role of expanded energy research in reinvigorating America’s metropolitan economies, tackling security challenges and responding to global climate change.

Energy Discovery-Innovation Institutes: A Step toward America's Energy Sustainability

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

America’s economic revitalization and future energy security compel the transformation of U.S. energy policy. To push innovation to the center of national reform, this Blueprint for American Prosperity report argues that the federal government should establish a national network of regionally-based energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-DIIs) to serve as the hubs of a decentralized, commercialization-oriented research network.

The Suburban Challenge

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

American suburbs today more resemble cities than a treasured retreat from life’s tumult. Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley argue that unless we grabble with the problems and opportunities of the new suburbs, America can’t ensure its leading place in the global economy.

President Obama's Agenda for Cities

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Barack Obama has promised to make urban issues a central part of his presidential agenda. In this broadcast, Amy Liu talks to Kojo Nnamdi and others about strategies for reinvesting in our nation’s urban areas.

The Limits of Abstract Patents in an Intangible Economy

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Event Information:

January 14, 2009, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Abstract ideas are not patentable, but what are abstract ideas – and how can judges draw a line around them? At a conference, co-sponsored by the Brookings Institution, the Computer & Communications Industry Association and Duke University School of Law, experts looked at the problem of abstract patents from both economic and legal perspectives. How well do abstract patents work? What problems do they create? Can we do better than the standard in Bilski?

A U.S. Innovation Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Richard G. Newell discusses innovation strategy to outline how a well-targeted set of climate policies, including those targeted directly at science and innovation that could help lower the overall costs of climate change mitigation.