We recently put out a report with six recommendations. I'll tackle the one that I think really hits at the core problem we identified, which is fundamentally one of culture and the institutional incentives and processes that are in place.
The main takeaway we heard from talking to lots of innovators is that the way government does procurement sets the risk that we do things as they currently exist—at zero. That's wrong. In the real world, they go bad. We've seen lots of examples over the last 15, 20 and 30 years.
We think changing culture is the most important part of this. We think there's a great model in Finland. They have a network of institutions within government that build expertise on how to procure innovation.
If I were to choose one takeaway from this report and one place to start, it would be that.