Political Intrapreneurship: Stage 1 – Understanding the party as a system
If Political Entrepreneurs do not fully understand critical aspects of the political system they want to disrupt, they will fail. And by understanding I mean a deep intellectual and emotional appreciation; an intimacy that is comparable to love – even though sometimes mixed with hate for some aspects of it.
The art of Fluid Thinking: Healing Cities one waterscape at a time
Today in times of climate crisis and loss of nature we need to expand. We must reinvent landscape architecture and grasp it in a more modern inclusive way.
Political Intrapreneurship: An Introduction
Political parties are the most complex social organisations on earth. They are among the most long-lived, and among the most structurally conservative. All those attributes are the reason why political parties are incredibly hard to innovate.
How a project that helps people survive may ease homelessness long-term
With his project Home Quarantine without a Home, Matúš Vallo, Mayor of Bratislava and his team won the 2020 Innovation in Politics Award in the category Coping with Covid-19. We spoke with him about teamwork, discipline, and leadership in times of crisis.
6 ways civic engagement supports political innovation
Taking civic engagement seriously is a key factor for political innovation, both by bringing politics and citizens closer together and by tapping into a larger and more diverse set of ideas.
Tools for implementing and evaluating human-centred policies
This blog focuses on tools that help policy-makers to implement and evaluate a newly designed policy.
Mayors talk pitfalls and successes in the Corona pandemic (Part Three)
We asked members of our ACT NOW Mayors Network to share their biggest challenges and successes throughout the pandemic.
Mayors talk pitfalls and successes in the Corona pandemic (Part Two)
In this blog series, we asked members of our ACT NOW Mayors Network to share their biggest challenges and successes throughout the pandemic.
How friendship can strengthen youth activism
Edoardo Caroli and Ilario Salvemini are the founders of Turbe Giovanili (Youth Turmoil), a project created by young people for young people with a passion for politics.
6 projects that support mental health and emotional wellbeing in crisis
The Corona pandemic has pushed the boundaries of public dialogue and action around mental health, physical safety and social inclusion.
Tools for designing and testing policies human-centered policy delivery
In our last Blog, we introduced you to a selection of tools and methods to identify the needs of users/citizens in a human-centered policy-making process. This blog will focus on approaches that will help policy-makers
Mayors talk pitfalls and successes in the Corona pandemic (Part One)
The increased pressure and demand to provide communities with relief during the pandemic makes it critical for citizens to remember that mayors are – above all – people, who must navigate through the same loss and grief as everyone else while remaining strong pillars of leadership.
