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City staff outline link between equity and innovation; propose E5 Academy relaunch and Solutions Lab
Summary
Equity and innovation staff presented initiatives to embed equity as a foundation for innovation, including employee engagement (Ignite team), a planned relaunch of the E5 Academy in 2026, and a Solutions Lab modeled on Denver’s Peak Academy to incubate low‑cost departmental improvements.
Renee Jackson, the city’s Equity and Engagement Director, and Claire Miller, Innovation and Strategy Director, gave a work-session presentation framing equity as the foundation for innovation within city government and described several employee-focused initiatives intended to operationalize those values.
Jackson explained Decatur’s participation in the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) and described GARE’s organizational-change model (visualize, normalize, organize, operationalize), which the staff said guides the city’s racial-equity efforts. Miller connected…
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