Three takeaways from Sludge, a book about the bureaucratic burdens of the public sector and how to overcome them, by Cass Sunstein, Harvard Professor and former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs during the Obama Administration.
Good government is built on capabilities. Concrete skills, systems, and processes that can be tracked, learned, and improved. This blog highlights how governments' capabilities play a key role during a crisis and how to measure them.
Trust is essential for effective policy implementation and service delivery. In this blog, you’ll find a summary of the Global Trust Worthiness Index 2022 focusing specifically on citizens' trust in civil servants, government ministers, and politicians.
Women occupy only one out of four of the highest-level positions in the public sector. Their presence is still limited at the highest levels and concentrated in specific sectors. This blog summarizes the findings of an unprecedented study by IDB about female leadership in Latin America’s public sector.
Five simple, powerful and effective daily habits that you can build into your routine to become the public servant you’ve always wanted to be.
Innovating in government sounds appealing but also impossible for some organizations that resist change. How to find space to try something new? What can we learn from the private sector and what can entrepreneurs learn from the government? We discussed all these topics with Martín Burt, former mayor of Paraguay’s capital -Asunción-, and world-renowned social entrepreneur. This blog gives you a summary of our conversation. You can also listen to it fully here.
What can the public sector learn from the private sector on strategy and innovation? Sam MacAulay, Senior Lecturer in Innovation at the University of Queensland, addresses both topics. We talked about what defines a good strategy, some common mistakes you want to avoid and some lessons from managing complex projects in government. We also talked about innovation in government projects and organizations.
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