Identify a problem you want to solve, agree on the prize for its solution, and then spread the word to get the best ideas. When proposals come in, review them against the assessment criteria you’ve laid out, identify the best,… Read more
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The information barriers holding back climate action and how to break them
Information systems in government – the structures through which we collect, analyze, and share information to guide our decisions and activities – are incomplete pictures of the human experience. As a result, local government leaders struggle to make bold, disruptive climate… Read more
Reimagining Government s2 e5: What does imagination have to do with government?
What does imagination have to do with government? The way government currently operates doesn’t support everybody. So what should we do differently? Imagination is the secret ingredient in most of our best ideas. In this episode, we explore how social… Read more
Exploring participatory storytelling in complex systems: Post-webinar reflections
In the face of development challenges within complex systems, how can stories capture the essence of communities? Can participatory approaches amplify lived experiences? How can storytelling complement quantitative data to develop comprehensive insights? These guiding questions were discussed during the… Read more
Reimagining Government Special: Five things we recently learned about government failure
Five things we recently learned about government failure In season two episode four of our Reimagining Government podcast, co-hosts Adrian Brown and Athena Hughes discuss failure in government. They highlight: What government failure actually means What causes failure in… Read more
Reimagining Government s2 e4: Failure in government
Failure in government Everyone fails occasionally. But when governments fail, it has an impact on real lives. It’s easy for public servants to shy away from talking about failure. To learn from our mistakes, we must be open and… Read more
What on earth is a paradigm anyway?
Paradigm is one of those words that many of us pretend to understand. It feels like smart, radical talk. Or, dare we say it… a little bit like jargon. We’ve often tried to think of a better, more accessible word. Read more
Reimagining Government s2 e3: What on earth is a paradigm shift?
What on earth is a paradigm shift? In this podcast, we talk a lot about change. We don’t just want to change policies or attitudes, but the whole paradigm. But what on earth is a paradigm? Join us to explore… Read more
Three ways 7GenCities is fostering transformative thinking
Jayne Engle is a Mission co-holder at Dark Matter Labs and Co-Lead of 7GenCities – a new collaborative focused on transformative thinking and action for future cities, community building, and Earth stewardship. With decades of experience working… Read more
Reimagining Government s2 e2: Long-term thinking
Long-term thinking It’s vital that governments think about and plan for the future, but often, our thinking can be limited. The models we have in our minds about growth, success, and the environment shape how we imagine life and government… Read more