What does open government mean for digital transformation? Career Advice Openness is a critical tenet for modern public sectors if they are to be capable of responsiveness and resilience in the face of dramatic and…
The useful balance found in equally serving three masters Friday November 1, 2019 By Pia Andrews Career Advice As a public servant, you sometimes feel like you are being pulled in different directions. On the one hand this is normal, as we serve…
Participatory public governance: why we need it, what it is, and how to do it (in that order) Friday October 18, 2019 By Pia Andrews Editors' Picks For everything we do in public sectors, it is when we collaborate and draw on broader expertise and experiences that we get better outcomes. So,…
Premium Expert briefings Facts aren’t cure-alls, but they still matter. The new skills needed for dealing with a hugely changed flow of information and its impact on perception Thursday October 17, 2019 By Bobby Duffy Career Advice Informed by exclusive research across 40 countries, conducted by global polling firm Ipsos, 'The Perils of Perception' investigates why we don't know basic facts about…
You look but do not find: why the absence of evidence can be a useful thing Tuesday April 23, 2019 By Deborah Brown and Brian Key Editors' Picks Is the absence of evidence evidence of absence? The opposite assumption — that an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence — is having…
Inside Perth's Evidence-Based Policing unit Thursday September 29, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features Evidence-based policing has become increasingly influential in recent years and Western Australia recently set up a dedicated EBP unit. Deputy commissioner Stephen Brown sees much…