' What building a culture of innovation looks like ': PSL receives an international spotlight
The City of Port St Lucie’ s innovation leadership was featured in Bloomberg Philanthropies Spark: Igniting Public Sector Innovation publication this month, a communication network with international reach.
Key points from the article include:
• Putting Residents First: Port St. Lucie leaders actively incorporate resident insights into their strategic planning process, ensuring that the city ' s initiatives align with the needs and of its residents, including feedback from the nationally award-winning # IAMPSL Citizen Summit, which was recently successfully replicated by the City of Columbia, Missouri, which sent a team to the Citizen Summit last year.
• Innovation Academy: The city regularly holds an Innovation Academy where staff learn foundational techniques like process mapping to work more efficiently, building a network of innovation champions throughout the organization.
• Strategic Planning as a Lever for Culture Change: By embedding innovation tools into the city ' s strategic planning process, Port St. Lucie ensures that innovation drives both short-term and long-term efforts.
• Engaging Elected Officials and the Broader City Team: The City Council and Mayor actively participate in the innovation process, working alongside department heads to analyze resident feedback and develop solutions, a unique approach that allows for broad impact.
The article showcases how Port St. Lucie is leading by example in building a culture of innovation that permeates every level of city hall, ultimately aiming to deliver more effective and efficient services to its residents who meaningfully participate in the future of their city.
City Council and the Leadership Team held their second workshop using this format May 7-8, and the Strategic Initiatives & Innovation Team is consolidating the feedback into an updated Strategic Plan that will be presented to Council for adoption at the Summer Workshop on July 23. www. CityofPSL. com
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