All posts tagged "Policy & Governance"
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What are governments’ top priorities in 2024?
Public services around the world are dealing with what many government leaders are calling the age of polycrisis. With conflicts still raging in Ukraine and Gaza, the economic and social
- Posted February 7, 2024
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How to ensure effective decision-making in the civil service
Civil servants continue to be unfairly blamed for obstructing ministerial plans, but relationships can be improved and repaired through better decision-making, says Andrew Kakabadse, professor of governance and leadership at
- Posted December 17, 2023
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From AI to net zero: what governments are focusing on around the world
Government are dealing with major trends influencing the work of public services around the world. This article examines issues from artificial intelligence and building citizen trust and engagement, to the
- Posted July 13, 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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UK cabinet secretary sets out five tests for civil service effectiveness
The UK’s most senior civil servant has set out for the first time the five tests that he uses to measure Whitehall effectiveness. In a speech delivered last month at
- Posted February 21, 2023
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Staying in the loop on your commute or on the beach: the best public policy and government podcasts this summer
Podcasts have become a key information source for public and civil servants. Along with books, periodicals and social networking, podcasts are key elements of the media landscape for officials around
- Posted August 14, 2022
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Future proof: what public servants need to know now about the world of 2050
Leading economics journalist Hamish McRae shares the insight from his latest book The World in 2050, and predicts that a changing climate, a recasting of globalisation, and a need for
- Posted May 25, 2022
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Three reasons universal basic income pilots haven’t led to policy change – despite their success
Universal basic income – a tax-free, unconditional sum of money regularly given to everyone in a society – has repeatedly been shown to help the most vulnerable groups in society.
- Posted April 19, 2022
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Opinion: why a paradigm change is needed in public service thinking
In a fast-changing and increasingly complex world, cookie-cutter solutions to public policymaking will no longer suffice, argues academic Jochen Prantl. Here, he outlines the factors prompting the need for change
- Posted April 18, 2022