Digital twins, data-driven virtual representations of a city's existing and proposed places, assets, and systems, now offer city officials enhanced opportunities to improve governance, operations, and collaboration.
Chief Innovation and Technology Officer Elizabeth Crowe explains how Cleveland’s data system, in which the IT department owns the technology but has strong ties to other agencies, both maintains standards and empowers staff.
How two cities scaled data innovation through cultural change. Dr. Brita Andercheck in Dallas and Dr. Liz Crowe in Cleveland share how they built cultures where agencies embrace data, teams take smart risks, and innovation actually sticks.
In this episode of the Data-Smart City Pod, host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Dr. Kim Leary, director of the Good Services Lab at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, about how listening is an active skill, why selection bias shapes who...
In this new paper from Data-Smart City Solutions, Pr. Stephen Goldsmith and Christopher Swope outline how the staggering pace of technological change and innovation has supercharged the Responsive City Cycle. Learn how artificial intelligence has given...
Host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Denice Ross, Director of Federal Data Policy at the Federation of American Scientists, about the relationship between local and federal data, what city CDOs should prioritize, and why cities have untapped power to shape...
A workbook for city leaders and public servants to learn how to develop an AI-enabled StatGPT tool for city management, moving beyond theoretical discussions by developing and testing AI performance management tools.
Host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Dr. Francisca Rojas, executive director of the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins, about how technology and design are helping cities understand what residents actually need—and why legacy systems...