All posts tagged "leadership"

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  Leading through ambiguity and getting inspiration from America and Australia: Five minutes with Public Service Data Live speaker Fiona James of the ONS

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who will speak at Public Service Data Live in London on 14

  • Posted September 10, 2023
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  From digital ID to the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: how to deal with crises in government

  The most senior civil servant in Estonia has shared his reflections on how governments can deal with crises in an exclusive interview with Global Government Forum. In Global Government Forum’s

  • Posted September 7, 2023
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  ‘I always knew that my anchor was health’: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with former UK health department chief, Dame Una O’Brien

  In this episode of Leading Questions, Una O’Brien, who was permanent secretary of the UK Department of Health between 2010 and 2016, joins podcast host Siobhan Benita for a chat

  • Posted August 10, 2023
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  Integrity under threat: civil service ethics in the era of populism

  Populism left an indelible mark on the 2010s, and its hold in democracies remains strong. During a Global Government Forum webinar, experts discussed how civil servants can maintain legitimacy at

  • Posted July 27, 2023
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  Biden picks first woman to lead the US Navy

  President Joe Biden has nominated admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the US Navy. If confirmed, she would be the first woman service chief in the Pentagon and the first female

  • Posted July 25, 2023
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  ‘Find your references, your mirrors and your mentors’: GGF’s Leading Questions podcast with the Spanish government’s deputy director of learning, Israel Pastor Sainz-Pardo

  In this episode of Leading Questions, podcast host Siobhan Benita speaks know-how and knock-backs with the deputy director of learning at Spain’s National Institute of Public Administration. Israel Pastor has

  • Posted June 29, 2023
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  ‘The question is not is the civil service fit for purpose, it’s is government fit for purpose’: how officials and ministers can work together

  The relationship between civil servants and ministers is in the headlines in the UK like never before. At a Global Government Forum webinar, experts discussed the cause of the breakdown

  • Posted June 21, 2023
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  Watch this space: do governments stand to gain from the metaverse?

  The metaverse may have arrived, but its applications are limited and its use by public sector organisations is still very much up for debate. While some governments boast big plans,

  • Posted June 18, 2023
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  ‘Empowering people with a sense of possibility’: GGF’s Leading Questions podcast with New Zealand’s former public service chief Iain Rennie

  Global Government Forum’s latest Leading Questions podcast features Iain Rennie, whose decades-long public service career culminated in eight years as New Zealand’s state services commissioner. In this episode, Iain tells

  • Posted June 1, 2023
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  Ministers need to better understand the tension between urgency and realism in government if they want to deliver

  Failures in government policy delivery are often blamed on civil servants. But, in the second of two articles for Global Government Forum, Andrew Kakabadse, professor of governance and leadership at

  • Posted May 29, 2023
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