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Steve Hodgkinson has been chief information officer at Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services since late 2014. He has spent plenty of time thinking…

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A digital government twin can model effects of change over time. It could teach us what structures worked and what didn't, optimising machinery of government

Underperformance in the public sector is difficult and painful: Linda Waugh talks about how to guide and advise a way through it

They break the rules, disrupt norms, can't promise ROI. Why risk an innovation project? Here's how to know when you've added value

Effective public servants need nuanced understanding of politics, what drives their minister and government. Geoff Gallop offers eleven theses on Australian politics in practice

It was an unfortunate mishap. Things went badly wrong. Here's how an Incident Command System can prevent nasty events happening again

How Collective Impact is helping solve our most pernicious problems: breaking down the isolated agendas of stakeholders and realigning incentives

In Argentina, public servants get promoted for learning how to innovate. For every class taken, a public servant earns points towards a pay rise

You can start anywhere, you can end anywhere. Elanor Huntington is rethinking career journeys, skills and attributes to beat global challenges

In the trenches, winning the battle to reduce violence against women is a daily, brick-by-brick process

Genuine mental health case ... or not? If you think an employee is lying, here's what you need to ask yourself first

Most people don’t have enough time in their lives. Here's how government can help them get some of it back

Your ethical reputation is your most valuable professional asset. So how do you build the right muscles to protect it?

Toxic leaders and how to get over them once they’re gone … innovation labs and design thinking ... making services that work for people ...

Gill Callister on ethics, female leadership and how to manage a department through a messy public corruption scandal

Ministers are powerful and important, but they need support to do their job better. Trust in our democracy demands it

Using 'challenge prizes' to develop great innovation policy. It's not about the winners, but diverse solutions to a well-defined problem

The accountability trap: how to avoid low trust and low performance because everyone’s shifting responsibility and protecting themselves, not collaborating

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Australia's top librarian tells how the National Library fosters a culture of in-house innovation. In two words: 'radical incrementalism'

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