Lead government innovation with skills to detect change early, overcome constraints, and harness AI's power鈥攖urn disruption into mission-driven success.
Government organizations don鈥檛 have the luxury of standing still. Missions change. Budgets shrink. New technologies emerge. In this course, you鈥檒l explore how successful agencies overcome constraints鈥攍egal, structural, cultural, and technological鈥攖o drive meaningful innovation. Michael Raynor, co-author of The Innovator鈥檚 Solution and author of The Three Rules, partners with John Johnson, UMD鈥檚 Lead Faculty in Agile and Product Management, to reveal how public sector leaders can sense change early, organize for innovation, and deliver results that matter. Through real-world case studies鈥攆rom software factories and health exchanges to drone warfare and cloud disruption鈥攜ou鈥檒l examine how government organizations adapt and thrive in the face of disruption, and how AI is amplifying both the challenges and the opportunities. This course is designed for anyone working in or with government who wants to lead change, not just react to it.