The Global Council for Innovative Organizations is a neutral non-for-profit network of organizations. In its pursuit for building and sharing knowledge in the field of innovation, the mission of the Global Council is to assemble like-minded entities to exchange best practices around the development and implementation of innovation models, and drive research for new innovations for making organizations and cities more innovative. The Purposes of the Global Council are to: 1. Exchange innovation knowledge and best practices from around the world to inspire and empower organizations for the development and implementation of innovation models 2. Drive cutting edge research around the emerging key issues of society and the innovative solutions to mitigate these challenges 3. Accelerate excellence in organizations and cities through the identification of elements that contribute to an overall index that defines the most innovative organizations and cities in the world 4. Recognize innovative organizations, models, and achievements around the world