#  Innovation 

 



##  Innovation 

 

 

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  [### Enacting StatGPT

 ](/enacting-statgpt) June 15, 2026 

 

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   [### Building an AI-Ready City Government

 ](/building-ai-ready-city-government) May 27, 2026 

 

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   [### Redesigning Broken and Legacy Systems to Unlock Innovation with Communities

 ](/redesign-system-innovation) May 13, 2026 

 

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   [### Local governments could deploy AI for good. Here’s how.

 ](/local-government-ai-for-good) March 20, 2026 

 

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   [### Agentic AI Comes to City Hall

 ](/agentic-ai-city-hall) March 11, 2026 

 

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##  How can leaders develop innovative solutions? 

 The Mayors Challenge 

The Mayors Challenge competition is designed to spark innovative, replicable ideas for improving cities, and the lives of people living in them, by encouraging leaders to think outside the box about how to confront their most difficult challenges.



 

 [ Read about previous Mayors Challenge work arrow\_circle\_right ](https://prod-datasmart.drupalsites.harvard.edu/mayors-challenge) 

 

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