How we need to rethink our approach to innovation to create livable and smart cities Alanus von Radecki is head of the Competence Team Urban Governance Innovation at the Frauenhofer IAO and head of the innovation network Morgenstadt: City Insights. In addition to his activities in project coordination and management, his work focuses on urban governance, systems analysis and complexity research directly related to urban systems. Von Radecki has been working closely at the interface between urban institutions and the private sector for many years. Parallel to his role at the Frauenhofer IAO he is the Lead Expert for the URBACT network SmartImpact and advises cities such as Stockholm, Manchester, Eindhoven, Porto, Dublin, Zagreb and others on the transformation of the governance system within the city administration and beyond. In 2017 von Radecki founded the Smart City marketplace BABLE and currently acts as CIO. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.