Data incubator invites cities to think like start-ups

A new programme at New York University’s GovLab will apply the start-up incubator model for helping entrepreneurs to grow companies to 'intrapreneurs' working on data projects in cities.

From September 2021 to March 2022, the City Incubator within the Open Data Policy Lab will guide ten selected individuals working in city governments around the world through a six-month programme to launch new data innovations.

The start-up framework will include agile methodologies traditionally used in the private sector, such as failing fast, piloting and using human-centred design practices.

Adrienne Schmoeker, Senior Fellow at The GovLab and former Deputy Chief Analytics Officer for the City o...