Design thinking: a curation of the best free resources available

Some thoughts about design thinking and a cheat sheet of the best free resources I found online.

How to pass beyond being right

To get things done in the public sector requires a high level of coordination. Disagreements between teams hinder implementation. This is a short story about how to manage those tensions.

Are we there yet?

One of the common questions I get asked is how do you know you are making progress? That you are on the right track? This blog is about Monitoring, the secret for getting things done.

How to present to a decision maker

You need an effective presentation if you want your ideas to move forward. The main focus of this blog is how to prepare a presentation to grab a decision maker’s attention. I’ll share what I learned from presenting to the President, seeing other ministers do it and from my own expectations of what I was looking for as a minister

How to start thinking about complex problems

There’s a difference between knowing what to do (the theory) and how to do it – which comes from practice. I’ve been thinking about both, and want to share with you what have been the most useful frameworks and tools from my experience. This blog is a first guide to approaching complex problems.

Three productivity hacks to boost 2021

After 2020 you’ve earned your juggler badge. As civil servants, we are constantly putting out fires. Everything needs to be done yesterday! In this article, I share three tricks to increase your productivity and regain your motivation.

Economics: the not-so-secret weapon in public policy

The world is changing at an unprecedented pace. The change we are facing is complex, non-linear and systemic. How can governments design public policy under such extreme uncertainty? In this blog I highlight three powerful economic concepts that can provide a framework that facilitates problem-solving under uncertainty, while allowing flexibility and adaptation.

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