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In January, a few different people forwarded me the same social science paper with a note to the effect of "you should read

I am telling everyone about Jen Pahlkaʻs book, our interview, and her inspirational, relentless investigation into clearing government molasses clogs.

Why should leaders

New post on how to understand how public servants are so amazing, and yet we're not getting the job done: too many of

I really enjoyed doing this interview with Santi Ruiz on the Statecraft blog. I love that he titled it How to Actually Implement

Alex Snider says what needs to be said here: that the fiction of a "rational" bureaucracy and workplace isn't serving us. Public servants

Today is an extra special day because Ben B. starts at the director of the State Capacity initiative at the Niskanen Center! So

Reinventing how we get and process public input is no longer a nice to have. When we allow public engagement processes to be

Reinventing how we get and process public input is no longer a nice to have. When we allow public engagement processes to be

There was such a great discussion about public input and user research based on my post last week that added a few thoughts,

The clickbait title for my new post would be "you don't need to modernize." But what I'm really talking about is how funding

This is such an under-discussed topic relative to CX efforts.

Natalie Alms reports on the implementation of the IDEA Act, and quotes Jonathan

I'm going to write more about this later, but this post from Misha Chellam is GOLD. In my professional capacity, I work on

Three important pieces came out yesterday, all related. They chart a way forward I believe in.

Didi Kuo makes the case that “stakeholder

I'll be on KQED's Forum this morning with Alexis Madrigal talking about GenAI in California's public sector. I always enjoy talking with Alexis.

Raise your hand if the "force field of tedium" describes a lot of the critical issues you care about. Such is the curse

What to read now if you watched the Democratic convention:
https://lnkd.in/gQ4FzdZ7

The Dems should be the party of go. There's work to do to make

Great piece by Steven Teles in the Economist today about the policies the Harrris Walz campaign should adopt to win.
"The answer is

A reminder that there are two amazing opportunities at the Federation of American Scientists to build government's capacity to deliver: a director and

Amazing opportunity for a mission-driven fundraising leader. If you care about any of the stuff I post about here, and love working

I am so glad to see Andrew Hyder's legacy live on, and equally delighted that the award this year is going to someone