Treating the public service like a business has become the norm, with the structures, language, practices and incentives inherited from private sector managerialism. We know…

Pia Andrews looks at some of the systemic challenges that come with working in public sectors, including intrinsic ones — like capability issues, and directive…

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…

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…

The opportunity of Government 2.0 is the ability to reimagine government and work towards fundamentally better public outcomes in accordance with the values and culture…

Too many efforts to build trust start from the premise of ‘once people understand the benefits they’ll give us social licence to do whatever is…

Pia Andrews explains the idea of “Government as a Platform”, commonly known as GaaP, including the benefits, challenges and how you could apply it in…

How could government procurement be made easier? Pia Andrews shares some insights on how procurement reform in itself can be something of a red herring…

The next wave of dramatic service-channel change is happening right now, and again, people are largely seeing it as a future issue, not for now.

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,…

“Many hands make light work” is an old adage both familiar and comforting. One feels that if things get out of hand we can just…

“Data sharing” has become a rather conflated discussion where all data is often assumed to be the same and the same solutions or frameworks that…

How do you build responsiveness to ongoing developments into a work program? And what inputs do you need to understand and respond to change? Pia…

How often do you have a chance to think about the long-term impact of what you are doing right now? How often do you consider…