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Government and Public Policy

Most people who want to improve an institution are inside one they inherited, working to rules they cannot change. What moves is what gets measured, where discretion sits, and what becomes normal to say.

What we want to help solve

  • Harm that persists because nobody counts it
  • Procurement that rewards relationships over capability
  • Services designed around the institution rather than the citizen
  • Capable people leaving public institutions at year two

The questions it raises

  • What could I count that nobody is counting?
  • In an ambiguous case, who does the benefit of the doubt go to?
  • What am I defending that I would not have chosen?
  • How do I stay long enough to be useful without my standards moving?

Shifts reshaping this domain

  • Digital government
  • Open data
  • Regulatory technology
  • Citizen service design

Competencies formation develops

  • Policy analysis and evidence
  • Public-sector delivery
  • Institutional reform from within
  • Non-partisan public service

The Government and Policy council

Coming soon

Councils open where we have the faculty, participants and research capacity to run them properly. When this one opens it will carry mentors from the domain, published research, roundtables and reported outcomes. None of that exists yet.

Industry mentors
Recruiting now
Research
Not yet published
Roundtables
Not yet scheduled
Reported outcomes
Not yet published

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