Mayors Challenge: Take the Mayors Challenge

The Mayors Challenge is a competition to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life – and that ultimately can be shared with cities across the nation.

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SOLVE IT. SHARE IT.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is inspired by the opportunity to find and spread innovative local solutions to national problems. We created the Mayors Challenge to celebrate the creative problem solving and incredible innovation that is happening in city halls from coast to coast. The five boldest ideas with the greatest potential for impact win funding as well as national and local recognition.

This challenge is all about identifying a need, solving a problem, and sharing local knowledge so that other cities and citizens can benefit from the insight and actions of their peers.

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Ask the Expert Podcasts - Insights into Government Innovation

Interview with Geoff Mulgan, NESTA

One of the world's foremost experts on social innovation, Geoff discusses his work at the National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts (NESTA) in the United Kingdom and offers advice to Mayors Challenge participants. Geoff is NESTA's Chief Executive.

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Interview with Clay Christensen, HBS

Widely considered one of the world's most influential thinkers and writers on innovation and growth, Clay talks about his theory on disruptive innovation and the application of those ideas to local government. Clay is a best-selling author and the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.