Ken Smith

About the author

Professor Ken Smith is CEO and Dean of the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), and Enterprise Professor at The University of Melbourne. Ken served for more than three decades in the Queensland government, including as Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet between 2007 and 2011.

Articles by Ken Smith

Accountability in an age of democratic disquiet

Friday September 28, 2018
By Ken Smith

Editors' Picks

This is an edited extract from the 2018 Solomon Lecture, delivered by Professor Ken Smith, ANZSOG Dean and CEO, in Brisbane on Monday at the…

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Overcoming distrust of government and rethinking public value

Thursday August 9, 2018
By Ken Smith

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ANZSOG Dean and CEO, Professor Ken Smith dwells on the key skills public servants will need for the future. There is growing evidence that people around…

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Ken Smith: how to restore public trust in government

Tuesday April 17, 2018
By Ken Smith

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"Each and every one of us in public service has a fundamental responsibility: to operate in the public interest".

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Ken Smith: trust in First Peoples as the guardians of their own futures

Thursday February 15, 2018
By Ken Smith

Features

Can politicians and senior bureaucrats step back and let decision-making fall to those levels where Indigenous community connections are stronger? ANZSOG's Professor Ken Smith calls…

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Ken Smith

About the author

Articles by Ken Smith

Accountability in an age of democratic disquiet

Overcoming distrust of government and rethinking public value

Ken Smith: how to restore public trust in government

Ken Smith: trust in First Peoples as the guardians of their own futures