On Monday, October 28th, we co-hosted a seminar with The People Lab featuring Dan Honig, BSC Associate, Associate Professor at Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy and University College London in conversation with Elizabeth Linos, Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School. In this talk, Dan Honig discusses the…Continue Reading Event: Motivation and Purpose in the Public Sector
Guest blog by Tom Brauer, Justin D. Farley, Amber Pollock In Wyoming, much like throughout the United States, communities lack access to revenue and control of the revenue-raising mechanisms needed to self-determine their future. Over the past 12 weeks, The Wild Optimists have been immersed in the Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) course, where we’ve grown…Continue Reading Exploring the lack of access to revenue in Wyoming
Guest blog by Sarah Hale, Mason Koch, Violet Sanderson, Devin J Simpson The SOAR Team selected Business Sustainability as their project for the 12-week course. Our goal was to figure out what was needed in order for area businesses in Star Valley, Wyoming to not only survive (a difficult task in its own right), but…Continue Reading Addressing Business Sustainability in Star Valley, Wyoming
Join us on Tuesday, October 8th for a seminar featuring Lant Pritchett, Research Director, Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP)….Continue Reading Event: Good Intentions, Great Laws, Terrible Outcomes
Guest blog by Tina A. Hoebelheinrich, Anna Kinder, Sabrina Kemper The Wyoming Business Council recently convened a diverse group of community leaders to address a pressing issue using the Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) framework. This powerful approach, which empowers communities to tackle complex problems by breaking them into manageable components, was the perfect fit for…Continue Reading Addressing Behavioral Health in Casper, Wyoming: A Community-Driven Approach Using PDIA
Pablo Uribe thought he was done with fighting crime. That was his job as the deputy security director of his hometown of Cali, Colombia. He’d had success with reducing the murder rate there, but was feeling burned out by the work. So when Uribe left to get his master’s at the Harvard Kennedy School, he…Continue Reading Using PDIA to Reduce Gun Violence in New York
The Mirror Cracked? On Democracy, Welfare Politics, and India’s General Election featuring Yamini Aiyar, Senior Visiting Fellow at Brown University, was hosted at HKS on September 23, 2024. In this talk, Yamini discusses the intersections between welfare politics, state capability, and democratic institutions in India’s 2024 elections. She examines how direct benefit transfers and technology-driven…Continue Reading Event: The Mirror Cracked? On Democracy, Welfare Politics, and India’s General Election
Guest blog by Silvia Steisel, IPP ’23 On May 14, 2024, a group of twenty leaders from civil society organizations focused on parenting in Belgium gathered in a central Brussels meeting room. They were brought together by the Degroof Petercam Foundation (DPF), not because the foundation is an expert in parenting—indeed, it knows far less…Continue Reading Reconciling Parenthood and Employment through Collective Action in Belgium
In this talk, hosted at HKS on September 16, Rakesh Rajani shares candid reflections on the complexities of driving systemic change in government and development. Drawing on 25 years of experience in civil society and philanthropy, Rajani recounts personal stories of success and unexpected failure in Tanzania and beyond. He counters common assumptions about transparency, accountability, and…Continue Reading Event: Why Trust (not Money, Data, Evidence, Argument, Credentials) is the Currency of Change
We are offering Leading Economic Growth online again from September 30 – December 6th 2024. Application deadline is September 20th, 2024. Stimulating growth is the top economic priority for many countries and localities around the world. Yet many are trapped, lacking the productive capability to solve problems and expand to new industries to drive development. New growth strategies…Continue Reading Apply for our Leading Economic Growth Executive Program!
