INNOVATION SKILLS ACCELERATOR

Welcome to the New Jersey State Innovation Skills Accelerator. The Innovation Skills Accelerator is a free, online program, complemented by live training events, to train public entrepreneurs to use innovative methods, including design thinking, evidence-based decisionmaking and collective intelligence, to solve public problems.
Each module of the online training includes video instruction, interviews with leading public sector innovators from around the world, readings and self-assessments.
Live bootcamps and workshops provide opportunities for participants to learn more about how to apply those skills to their work in government.

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A MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY

WHAT IS THE INNOVATION SKILLS ACCELERATOR?

EXPLORE THE MODULES

MODULE 1

INTRODUCTION TO
NEW TECHNOLOGIES

MODULE 2

INNOVATION
MINDSET

MODULE 3

INTRODUCTION TO
PROBLEM DEFINITION

MODULE 4

HUMAN-CENTERED
DESIGN

MODULE 5
(Part 1 and 2)

DATA ANALYTICAL
THINKING

MODULE 6

INTRODUCTION TO
OPEN DATA

MODULE 7

INTRODUCTION TO
DATA COLLABORATIVES

MODULE 8

INTRODUCTION TO
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

MODULE 9
(Part 1 and 2)

RAPID EVIDENCE
REVIEW

MODULE 10

POWERFUL
PARTNERSHIPS

MODULE 11

THEORY OF
CHANGE

MODULE 12

EVALUATION
AND EVOLUTION

BOOTCAMPS AND WORKSHOPS

NOV 2021

Agile Government

NOV 2021

Problem Definition

Instructor: Beth Simone Noveck

DEC 2021

Defining Problems with People: Human-Centered Design

JAN 2022

Behavioral Insights

The New Jersey Office of Innovation offers additional virtual live training opportunities. These bootcamps and workshops are intended to help public servants apply the skills from the online training to their own projects and to create communities that can discuss and share innovative projects and ideas.

Learn more about upcoming live offerings