The Innovation Delivery Team works exclusively on two or three priority areas at a time, a deliberate tactic to maintain focus on producing tangible, meaningful results in an accelerated timeframe. The Innovation Delivery Model provides a structured and deliberate approach to innovation, combining data and analytical insight with design principles in a rigorous way.

Innovation Delivery Teams remain actively engaged from idea generation through initiative planning, implementation, and the measurement of results. Once priority areas are tasked, the Innovation Delivery Team uses a four-step model to generate and implement innovative solutions: investigate the problem, generate new ideas, prepare to deliver, and deliver and adapt.

The Team puts in place metrics and targets for all priorities and initiatives at their outset. The New Orleans Innovation Delivery Team developed performance dashboards to help systematically track progress and impact, and they use routine “stock takes” with Mayor Landrieu and other senior leadership to monitor the data and ensure everyone is held accountable for results.