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You’re not okay but you still have to answer those emails. What now?

A strong cocktail and its non-alcoholic twin for when the week has toasted you. Comes with a side of low-stakes reflection questions.

Notes on the in-between stages of building something: post-funding, pre-scale, pre-policy change

Not every idea needs a business plan. Some just need the right person to steal them.

Underrated gems from your favorite productivity tools so you can build faster, think clearer, and spend less time yelling “where’s that file?” into the void

Stephen Caines, San Jose's Chief Innovation Officer and Budget Director, navigates a unique challenge: meeting Silicon Valley-level expectations for innovation while operating within municipal constraints. In this conversation, he reveals how cities actually evaluate technology, why most startup pitches miss the mark, and what it takes to build lasting civic innovation infrastructure.

We talk about systems like they’re machines, but inside them are people, patterns, and stories that reveal what’s really going on.

Not every good idea makes it to market. Some die in a lab, a draft, a notebook, but even the unshipped have something to teach.

Late nights, early pitches, and visionary thinking shouldn’t come at the cost of your skin. We’re breaking down the bare essentials: no...

ITGH hosts a series of roundtables and seminars that brings together leading experts in technology, healthcare, ethics, and policy....

This article explores how cities can use not just location-based but also time-bound data to address environmental health issues

A framework for citizen-driven data sharing in urban policymaking

A research and entrepreneurship program that challenges students to apply STEM and social science concepts to real-world problems.

This article explores useful metrics for understanding and quantifying health impacts from heat and case studies from cities across the U.S

Air pollution is a significant health concern, impacting individuals universally, and research indicates that air pollution disproportionate

Authors:   Jade Kuan  and Audrey Yun This article was authored by participants of ITGH's summer program in "Health, Technology, &...

Authors: Coco Plasencia and Kristianny Ruelas-Vargas This article was authored by participants of ITGH's summer program in "Health,...

Health Recommender Systems are promising Articial-Intelligence-based tools endowing healthy lifestyles and therapy adherence in healthcare

Ram Sundaram is a technology policy analyst with a focus on AI, emerging technologies, and misinformation. He is a consultant with the...