This is the first blog in a multi-part series on the Centre for Public Impact’s (CPI) partnership with King County Metro (Washington State’s public transit agency serving Seattle and King County) as they bring a systems innovation approach to their… Read more
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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
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
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
Latrobe Health Advocate: Fostering equitable and healthy societies through international collaboration
How can you support a community to have better health outcomes? What if that community’s poor health outcomes result from long-standing generational disadvantage? How do you repair trust between community and government when people don’t feel heard? These were the… Read more
Four ways to earn legitimacy in government with Jaime Junior
Jaime Junior is the Advocacy and Community Education Coordinator for the Disability Network of Wayne County Detroit, a non-profit organization specialising in community services, resources, and advocacy for individuals with disabilities. In addition, she’s the former Community… Read more
Embracing Complexity: Lessons in shaping the cities of the future across Eastern Partnership countries
Lessons from the joint EU & UNDP initiative Mayors for Economic Growth “What was interesting is that we’ve changed our initial plan along the programme based on what we heard during interviews with residents. We started this process with a… Read more
Seven things to know about outcomes-based contracting
It is now widely agreed that the purpose of public service is to help people create good outcomes in their lives. This is a fantastic thing. It is brilliant that this perspective is so commonplace. It is natural for people… Read more
Our approach to creating learning experiences
Over the past few years, we at the Centre for Public Impact Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have designed and delivered several learning journeys with teams from across all levels of the public sector. With numerous engagements under our… Read more
Why donors need to rethink funding for greater impact
“It was for us … a great experience participating in the first round of your call. It has allowed us to make questions and take our conversations on where the project needs to go … what we need to be… Read more