Public policy should be about putting numbers in action—combining the best data and insights to forge policies that help our communities grow and change together. As a citizen, the number that matters most is you. Democracies are governed by the people, and it’s their votes, their values and their hopes that should determine what policies get implemented. That’s why we want to start sharing this new video series on Policy by the Numbers; the first three episodes uploaded to our YouTube channel . We want to help innovators of all shapes and sizes tell their stories—from start-ups building cool new gadgets to moms and dads using the cloud for more efficient carpools . It’s about their biggest hopes, deepest fears, greatest successes, most troublesome failures—everything. To do that, we’re asking a diverse array of people the same set of questions about their lives and sharing their responses on YouTube so that everyone can get to know your neighborhood “Jack and Jill the Innovator.” We hope that sharing these stories will inspire people to think big, be optimistic about the future, and consider the huge variety of ways to drive decentralized, bottom-up innovation. In order to foster data-driven, pro-innovation public policy that embraces the future, we need to build understanding by telling stories just like these.
We’re starting off our blog series close to home with Danny Kim, the founder of LitMotors .
Full disclosure: After I met with Danny and spent time learning about him and his business, I decided to make a small investment in . Posted by Derek Slater, Policy Manager at Google
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