How to Get Leadership Buy-In for Innovation

Innovation often gets stalled because agency leaders aren’t invested in the solution. And there could be a variety of reasons for that – budgetary, communication, implementation or even just awareness. But there are ways to enhance your chances for leadership buy-in.

Join us online Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 2-2:50 p.m. ET/11-11:50 a.m. PT, to hear from government and industry experts about what it takes to make an agency’s innovation ideas a reality.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

Where agencies can go wrong when pitching innovation to management.
How to properly plan your budget to accommodate innovation.
How to get your employees engaged with innovation efforts.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Jeremy Ames (he/him), Director of Stakeholder Engagement & Data Analytics, Office of Field Policy & Management, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

Jerry Hingtgen, Innovation Hub Chief, Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Department of Agriculture

Drew Zachary, Deputy Innovation Chief, Census Bureau

Jesse McKernan, Senior Account Executive, IdeaScale