How do you have difficult conversations? This episode mentions difficult subject matter, including suicide or suicidal thoughts. Anyone working in government or public services knows that sometimes we must be vulnerable and have difficult conversations. It can be daunting,… Read more
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Six ways governments can meaningfully engage youth in tackling climate change
Image source: European Institute of Innovation & Technology Around the world, young people are demanding climate action to secure a just, sustainable future. With COP 28 recently concluding, there’s been a notable increase in youth participation, with initiatives… Read more
An ethos for our just energy transition
A post from Centre for Public Impact (CPI) & New America, Planetary Politics. The most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, concluded with high stakes and high drama against a backdrop of extreme climate events and the … Read more
Unlocking authentic community power: Rethinking public service engagement for real impact
The current state of community engagement in public service The bedrock of good governance in government rests upon the trust of the public. However, in many communities around the world public trust in government is fractured. In too many places,… Read more
Seven tips for running your next impact challenge
Identify a problem you want to solve, agree on the prize for its solution, and then spread the word to get the best ideas. When proposals come in, review them against the assessment criteria you’ve laid out, identify the best,… Read more
The information barriers holding back climate action and how to break them
Information systems in government – the structures through which we collect, analyze, and share information to guide our decisions and activities – are incomplete pictures of the human experience. As a result, local government leaders struggle to make bold, disruptive climate… Read more
Reimagining Government s2 e5: What does imagination have to do with government?
What does imagination have to do with government? The way government currently operates doesn’t support everybody. So what should we do differently? Imagination is the secret ingredient in most of our best ideas. In this episode, we explore how social… Read more
Exploring participatory storytelling in complex systems: Post-webinar reflections
In the face of development challenges within complex systems, how can stories capture the essence of communities? Can participatory approaches amplify lived experiences? How can storytelling complement quantitative data to develop comprehensive insights? These guiding questions were discussed during the… Read more
Reimagining Government Special: Five things we recently learned about government failure
Five things we recently learned about government failure In season two episode four of our Reimagining Government podcast, co-hosts Adrian Brown and Athena Hughes discuss failure in government. They highlight: What government failure actually means What causes failure in… Read more
Reimagining Government s2 e4: Failure in government
Failure in government Everyone fails occasionally. But when governments fail, it has an impact on real lives. It’s easy for public servants to shy away from talking about failure. To learn from our mistakes, we must be open and… Read more