Why AI Adoption in Government depends on Institutional Capacity
Governments won't rise to the level of the latest AI model; they will be limited by what their systems can absorb. Here is how to find out where yours stops.
How AI Can Help You Diagnose Policy Problems to avoid policy failures
AI can’t diagnose a policy problem for you. But as a thinking partner, it sharpens how you see the problem before you act. We rush to fix what we can see and miss the conditions producing it — which is why digitization projects so often fail: they automate a broken process instead of redesigning it first. In this article, I show how I use AI to find the root cause, not the symptom: running the 5 Whys, borrowing three perspectives, and asking the one question the original plan never does — who loses power if this process becomes efficient and transparent?
The hidden trade-offs of development
What else changes when a reform succeeds? Reflecting on Michael Woolcock's final lecture at the World Bank, this article explores the hidden trade-offs that shape implementation.
The System Is Not Broken
Most implementation problems are not failures. Instead of asking Why isn’t this working?, better leaders ask What is this system actually designed to produce? This article explores how public servants can diagnose reform failure by understanding incentives, mapping institutional behavior, and identifying the hidden assumptions that keep poor results in place. Because real change starts when we stop treating symptoms and start seeing how the system actually works.
The most useful tool I found in public policy
Most public sector reforms don’t fail at approval. They stall in implementation—when technical design, operational capacity, and political support fall out of alignment. The Strategic Triangle helps you see where your reform is likely to break—and where to act before it does.
Three ways to make sure important work doesn’t get lost
Important work doesn’t usually fail. It gets lost. Not in strategy—but in the daily pressure of meetings, emails, and competing priorities. Small commitments slip. Follow-ups don’t happen. Decisions lose momentum. The result is the same: work that mattered quietly disappears. This article explains three ways leaders can protect their bandwidth—and make sure important work actually moves.
How Things Actually Get Done in Government
Vision is easy. Implementation is everything. This practical guide dives into why government reforms stall—and what effective public leaders do differently. Learn how to move from strategy to execution with a realistic roadmap, overcome coordination debt, and build the systems that make change stick. If you’re a public servant tasked with delivering results, this isn’t theory—it’s your implementation field guide.
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