United States
David Holt
643,648 (2017)
Steve Hill
Save costs and improve efficiency within the public sector
Improve service delivery
Improve resident outcomes
Dedicated innovation team
Focus on measurement
Dedicated funding
Leadership from Mayor
Culture of innovation in city
Oklahoma City has good experience with health/wellness programs, considered among the best and most innovative in the country. The Wellness Score is a data-driven effort by the Oklahoma City-County Health Department to measure health outcomes in the poorest performing zip codes. This success led to a Mayor's Challenge effort to apply some of the same methods to the criminal justice reform. The city has also been following with great interest the field of behavioral insights, open data opportunities, best practices in engagement, and prototyping/testing methods. Although the city has done a lot, there is room and willingness for improvement as innovation has come from proactive "freelancing" by staff operating outside the normal structure.
Note: The City Innovation Snapshot (PDF version) was produced in 2019 and some aggregate findings have been updated with the latest survey results below.
Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Oklahoma City does not have an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to more than half of cities surveyed, Oklahoma City approaches innovation capacity both from a holistic/macro level, as well as in specific policy areas.
Oklahoma City does not have designated staff or a team exclusively dedicated to the city’s innovation work.
Taking risks or testing new ideas
Data-driven analytics/public data management
Engaging residents in new ways
Developing new solutions based on digital technologies
Organizational change within the municipality
Human-centered design
Rethinking your city’s approach to financing partnerships
Its innovation activities also include engaging residents in new ways and promoting data-driven analytics.
Like 19% of cities surveyed, Oklahoma City does not have dedicated funding to support innovation capacity.
Oklahoma City has no reported sources of funding.
Oklahoma City does not fund any specific activities.
Oklahoma City has developed partnerships to promote its innovation capacity with other public agencies, private firms, not-for-profit organizations, and city residents/resident associations.
The city has not yet developed partnerships to collect and analyze data, to improve data use.