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The craft of incentive prize design

by Kwasi Mitchell, Nes Parker , Sahil Joshi, Jesse Goldhammer, Brad Anderson
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    19 June 2014

    The craft of incentive prize design Public sector by the numbers

    19 June 2014
    • Kwasi Mitchell United States
    • Nes Parker United States
    • Sahil Joshi United States
    • Jesse Goldhammer, Brad Anderson
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    Explore a visual summary of public- and philanthropic-sector incentive prize activity.

    Public sector challenges by the numbers

    These data summarize and characterize mainly public- and philanthropic-sector prize activity based on the analysis of 314 challenges found on Challenge.gov and validated through a secondary dataset of 89 philanthropic, state, local, and international challenges. In coding this data, we found that individual challenges often sought to achieve simultaneously more than one of the six outcomes discussed in this report. Our analysis of challenges by outcome illustrates how prize designers are prioritizing the elements of prize design to achieve certain results. Additional information on our data analysis methodology can be found in Appendix B.

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    Written by: Kwasi Mitchell, Nes Parker , Sahil Joshi, Jesse Goldhammer, Brad Anderson

    Cover image by: John Mattos

    Acknowledgements

    Together with New Venture Fund, including Bruce Boyd, Ginger Elsea, Renee Eyma, and Hilary McConnaughey, Doblin wishes to thank the six funders of this report: James Anderson from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sarah Koch from the Case Foundation, Gretchen Crosby Sims from the Joyce Foundation, Jonathan Sotsky from the Knight Foundation, Ariel Simon from the Kresge Foundation, and Kippy Joseph from the Rockefeller Foundation. Without their vision, generosity, commitment, and expertise, we would not have been able to offer prize designers the insights and perspective contained in this report. We are grateful for the opportunity to advance the art and science of prize design for the sake of the public good.

    We want to thank the individuals whose interviews informed our research, including Beverly Blake and John Bracken of the Knight Foundation, Erich Broksas of the Case Foundation, John Clarke of Bloomberg Philanthropies, Jason Crusan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Alok Das of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Jeff Davis of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kathryn Dennis of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Greg Downing of the Department of Health and Human Services, Jonathan Greenblatt of the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, Joseph Heaps of the Department of Justice, Steve Hodas of Innovate NYC Schools, Tom Kalil of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Maurice Kent of the United States Agency for International Development, Elizabeth Kittrie of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kevin Kuhn of the Environmental Protection Agency, Karim Lakhani of Harvard Business School, Bob Lee of the Wright Brothers Institute, Xavier Le-Mounier of the European Commission, Katie Leonberger of Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tammi Marcoullier of the General Services Administration, Nancy Merritt of the Department of Justice, Bill Moses of the Kresge Foundation, Clare Newman of Bloomberg Philanthropies, Anil Rathi of Skild, Euan Robertson of New York City Department of Small Business Services, Brian Sasscer of the Case Foundation, Denice Shaw of the Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Smith of the Social Innovation Fund, a White House initiative and program of the Corporation of National and Community Services, Michael Timmons of Skild, Katheryn Viguerie of the United States Agency for International Development, Adam Wong of the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services, Julia Wood of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Josh Wyner of the Aspen Institute, Emily Yu of the Case Foundation, and Marco Zappalorto of Nesta.

    Several friends, supporters, and colleagues provided invaluable feedback at many phases of our research, including Cristin Dorgelo of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Jenn Gustetic of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nancy MacPherson of the Rockefeller Foundation, Patricia Rogers of BetterEvaluation, Robert Picciotto of King’s College (London), Geoff Tuff and Ruth Schmidt of Doblin, Bill Eggers of Deloitte Public Sector Research, and Jitinder Kholi, Max Hoblitzell, Ken Decreus, and Lev Joffe of Deloitte Consulting LLP.

    Lastly, we would like to thank our Deloitte research and graphics team: Claudia Antonacci, James Jeffrey, Emily Koteff Moreano, and Loren Weingarten.

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    Nes Parker is a senior manager in Deloitte’s Government & Public Services practice. During her consulting tenure, Parker has led engagements for government, nonprofit, and philanthropic clients related to strategic transformation. Parker is passionate about applying Deloitte’s capabilities to social causes such as anti-human trafficking, refugee response, and gender and inclusion. Parker graduated magna cum laude from Vassar College with a BA in political science and economics and earned an MPA from Columbia University’s SIPA. 

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    Kwasi Mitchell

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    Kwasi is principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Government and Public Services Practice (GPS) with more than 15 years of consulting experience. Throughout his tenure, Kwasi has demonstrated experience guiding security and law enforcement executives through strategic and operational transformations to address emerging security threats. To date, Kwasi has served over 40+ clients across the Deloitte’s Government and Commercial practices. More specifically, he has supported physical and information security programs within the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Defense, and the Financial Services, Telecommunications, Technology, and Energy sectors. Previously, Kwasi also served as the Strategy Offering Lead within Deloitte GPS’s Strategy & Analytics Portfolio, leading nearly 400 practitioners. As a leader, Kwasi is passionate about mentoring and developing the next generation of diverse leaders. Currently, he serves as the Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Deloitte Consulting LLP and has championed recruiting diverse talent through Deloitte’s first ever Inclusion Hiring Blitz. In his current role, Kwasi also leads national initiatives focused on the advancement and development of female, minority, veteran, and transgender practitioners at Deloitte. Kwasi is an active skills-based volunteer in the non-profit and higher education community within the greater Washington D.C. area and serves as a board member for the Urban Alliance Foundation. He is also an accomplished presenter including lectures at the University of Oxford and Georgetown University. He has co-authored more than 15 publications in peer-reviewed research journals and industry trade magazines including recently published original research on the topic of incentive prizes in the public sector. Kwasi holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Northwestern University, an MBA from Drexel University, and B.A. from Kalamazoo College.

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    Sahil Joshi is a consultant and XPRIZE Innovation Fellow in the Federal Strategy Practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. He is passionate about solving seemingly intractable public and social sector challenges in new and creative ways, including through cross-sector partnerships, open innovation, and exponential technology. Sahil has delivered strategy and innovation solutions for a range of government, philanthropic, nonprofit, and global clients.

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