Root Cause

Government & Innovation

Social innovation offers new ways to approach old problems and suggests six roles government can embrace to support transformative solutions. Learn more

Recommendations

13 recommendations — with models that help to illustrate how the recommendations might be carried out — for creating a more supportive environment for social problem solving. Learn more

Practical Application

Learn about city, state, and federal strategies to advance social innovation. Learn more

Public Innovators, a nonpartisan Root Cause initiative, supports a new wave of government leaders at the city, state, and federal levels who ensure the creation and growth of the most effective, efficient, and sustainable solutions to pressing social problems.

To follow our CEO Andrew Wolk as he describes his experiences in public innovation and social innovation, visit his blog at www.andrewwolk.com