by Martin writes and speaks extensively on government, service design, digital transformation and policy reform.
Selected publications
2020 Joint author, with Simon Cooper and Tom Burton, of “Government without portfolios will work wonders”, a feature for the Australian Financial Review on the next phase of public sector reform and digital transformation https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/government-without-portfolios-will-work-wonders-20200610-p55146
2019 Are We There Yet? The Digital Transformation of Government and the Public Sector in Australia (with Simon Cooper; Longueville Media, July 2019) https://www.arewethereyetdigital.com/
2019 Design matters: reflections on the growing influence of design thinking and practice in the public service and the implications for future workforce skills, capabilities and culture. A chapter in a new book from the University of Melbourne Reimaging the Future Public Service Workforce https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-1480-3
2018 Lead author for Chapter 5 of the 2018 Annual Report from the Chief Medical Officer of England and Wales, Dame Sally Davies – Health 2040: Better Heath Within Reach – titled How Health Will be Experienced In 2040? assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/767549/Annual_report_of_the_Chief_Medical_Officer_2018_-_health_2040_-_better_health_within_reach.pdf
Responding to the new economy: an exercise in scalable learning (March 2016) Paper to the Western Australian Institute of Public Administration Australia
2017 We Need to Talk about the Web: A New Conversation about Technology and Society, IEEE.org, September 2017 http://technologyandsociety.org/we-need-to-talk-about-the-web/
2015 “Innovation in the Public Sector”, Australian Journal of Public Administration, with Tim Kastelle Vol 74 Issue 1, March 2015 63-72
2014 Changing Shape: Institutions for a Digital Age, with Lindsay Tanner (Longueville Press, February 2014)
2011 The Resilient Society: Innovation, Productivity and the Art and Practice of Connectedness, with Simon Willis and Albert Cho, IBSG, Cisco, August 2011
Martin also wrote an essay series for The Mandarin on major trends impacting the role and performance of government:
- https://www.themandarin.com.au/67473-martin-stewart-weeks-why-government-doesnt-work-anymore/
- https://www.themandarin.com.au/67827-martin-stewart-weeks-the-contradictions-of-government-command-and-control/
- https://www.themandarin.com.au/68150-martin-stewart-weeks-the-currency-of-transition/
