“Climate change does not respect border[s]; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big,” remarked then-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon several years ago. Climate change is not a crisis that affects everyone equally. Where you… Read more
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Reinvigorating the spirit of public service in New Zealand
Peter Hughes, the New Zealand State Services Commissioner, talked to Adrian Brown and Larry Kamener. Introduction Government is about much more than simply providing good customer service… Read more
Building resilience in Melbourne’s high-rise communities through social imagination
(written by our collaborator Alice Howard-Vyse from Humanise This, with Keira Lowther) Introduction In 2024, CPI partnered with the City of Melbourne to design and deliver a learning program shaped by social imagination practice, to… Read more
The Future of Health and Social Care: Perspectives from Finland and Scotland
Scottish Government representatives sharing their stories of cross-system collaboration with Finnish delegates. The future of health and social care: Perspectives from Finland and Scotland Health and social care systems across the world face increasingly complex challenges: tightening… Read more
Gender, Heat, and Cities: Building Resilience for a Changing Climate
Gender, Heat, and Cities: Building Resilience for a Changing Climate At COP29 in Baku, the panel on “Gender-Responsive Heat Actions for Cities,” hosted by the Asian Development Bank and the Atlantic Council,… Read more
Announcing the AI Opportunity Fund recipients
Announcing the AI Opportunity Fund recipients Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing economies worldwide, and Europe has an incredible opportunity to embrace this transformation. With AI projected to add up to €1.2 trillion to the EU’s GDP over the… Read more
Seven reasons to work in government or public service
In season three episode six of our Reimagining Government podcast, co-hosts Adrian Brown and Pierre Berastain discuss why people choose… Read more
Disarming Busy Culture
Distracted from distraction by distraction Filled with fancies and empty of meaning Tumid apathy with no concentration Men and bits of paper, whirled by… Read more
What does it take to build a new system of public service?
People working in public service today face complex, interconnected challenges: climate change, inequality, poverty, health crises, and more. They increasingly crave a new approach to navigating the complex issues of the 21st century, one that fosters collaboration and… Read more
Six ways games can be used in government or public service
In season three episode five of our Reimagining Government podcast, co-hosts Adrian Brown and Keshav Sahani discuss the use of games in… Read more