Amsterdam organizes its Smart City in a network were municipalities, businesses and knowledge institutions cooperate intensively. The department CTO Innovation within the Amsterdam municipality plays an essential role in this. Within 3 years a team of 70 young professionals is formed under the inspiring leadership of Ger Baron, Amsterdams Chief Technology Officer. Here differences in pace, culture and work methodology are fit between traditional city working and everything that comes with organizing disruptive innovation. Here everything is agile, outside-in. Here new technologies are applied for the first time. Here civil servants work with companies like Google, Booking and many startups.