One of the stories of this pandemic runs something like this. A microscopic bug released from an animal market in Wuhan has, in a matter of weeks, brought the world to its knees. As a recent edition of The Economist had it, “planet closed.” Melodrama, perhaps, and a great magazine cover, but not too far […]
The best game in town: policy, leadership and why good ideas are never lost – Part 3
This is the third and final section of the article based on my interview with Glyn Davis, CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation and former Vice Chancellor of the universities of Melbourne and Griffith and a former senior public servant. Part 1 is here and part 2 is here. In this short conclusion, Glyn reflects […]
The best game in town: policy, leadership and why good ideas are never lost – Part 2
This is the second of three posts of an article I wrote based on an interview with Glyn Davis, CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, former Vice Chancellor of the Universities of Melbourne and Griffith and a senior public at various stages of his career. The first is here. In this second piece, Glyn starts […]
The best game in town: policy, leadership and why good ideas are never lost – Part 1
I recently interviewed Professor Glyn Davis AC, currently CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation and, before that, Vice Chancellor of the Universities of Melbourne and Griffith. The interview formed part of a series I have conducted over the past 12 months of current and former public sector leaders. Others I have spoken to include Peter […]
Seven public sector trends
I gave a presentation today to the senior executive team at the NSW Department of Justice, led by Secretary Andrew Cappie-Wood. These are the notes I used for the talk on seven public sector trends. Framing 1 The first frame reinforces the fact that the work of government is changing. The public sector has been […]
The art and practice of intelligence design
Or what are collective intelligence assemblies and why are they the game we must learn to play so we can play the game? Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11098.html Geoff Mulgan, Princeton University Press 2017 “Better together” increasingly goes the mantra when the conversation turns to solving big problems whose characteristics combine […]
