Main points
- Losing Control movement - 2:00 / 31:00
- Emphasis on evidence-based policy - 5:15
- The difference between Explicit and Tacit knowledge and the importance of place - 6:30
- Cultural barriers to experimentation - 18:45
- Buurtzorg and the need for a "heatshield" - 21:30
- Difference between pilots and experiments / and industrial vs organic approaches - 27:15
- Continuous experimentation/learning - 28:00
- Good things happening around the world - 32:45
- Government becoming an enabler - 33:45
- The challenges of replacing New Public Management with something equally compelling - 34:45
References
* Centre for Public Impact
* Enablement mindset - Blog post by CPI
* Evidence vs experiments - Blog post by CPI
* Losing Control movement
* Buurtzorg in the UK
Adrian Brown - Bio
Adrian is huge public sector reform enthusiast. He’s spent more than 15 years working on transformation and performance improvement in government. He’s been a consultant with McKinsey, a Fellow of the Institute for Government in London and a policy advisor to the UK Prime Minister. He’s currently the Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact - a not-for-profit foundation set up by the Boston Consulting Group.
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