What is ‘community’ and why is it important?

The following thoughts are a brief summary of my PhD. The PhD was written in the…

“What gets measured gets managed” — It’s wrong and Drucker never said it

A Manifesto for Better Government

A new vision for government that addresses the twin challenges of…

The (il)logic of legibility: why governments should stop simplifying complex systems

On being and doing in Government

How government “is” matters as much as what it “does”

Made to Measure: how measurement can improve social interventions

Certainty artefacts: the constructs we create to make sense of the world

Honouring the grout

On celebrating the invisible elements of our work — relationships, values, and…

3 surprises from the world’s largest collection of public policy case studies

Here are 3 things we…

How self-organisation has changed the way we work and what I have learned along the way