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Leading Economic Growth 2020: Moving Executive Education Online during a Pandemic

written by Salimah Samji In March 2020, Harvard University decided to move all classes to online-only, in an effort to de-densify our campus and to slow the spread of COVID-19. It soon became clear that remote learning was going to be our new normal.  At the time,  Leading Economic Growth, a longstanding 5-day residential executive education…Continue Reading Leading Economic Growth 2020: Moving Executive Education Online during a Pandemic

Becoming Comfortable with Complexity: Maternal Mortality in Meghalaya

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Guest blog written by Rebecca Trupin, Prateek Mittal Our PDIA journey began with our authorizer, a senior bureaucrat in the State Government of Meghalaya, sharing a document with us about his vision to build capability of the state administration to deal with complex problems. We had been working with him on local governance-related projects and…Continue Reading Becoming Comfortable with Complexity: Maternal Mortality in Meghalaya

PDIA and Dementia in the Workplace

A woman using a laptop to assist and elderly man sitting next to her

Guest blog written by Tamsir Cham, Andrea Hayes, Fateme Najafi, Aysha Valery Overall, we learned that the PDIA process is about being patient, digging deep into a problem, continuing to iterate, and engaging both the stakeholders and the authorizers.  We also learned how to dig deep into problems.  Digging deep requires discovering the underlying or root causes…Continue Reading PDIA and Dementia in the Workplace

Strengthening Collaboration to Tackle Increasing Homicides in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Guest blog written by Simone D’Abreu, Smriti Iyer, Sofia Salas, Hafou Toure, Annie White PDIA can simultaneously hold the complexity of being exciting and frustrating; challenging and inspiring; harder and easier than you think. If we could choose one phrase to define PDIA, it would probably be iterative learning. In the next few lines, we…Continue Reading Strengthening Collaboration to Tackle Increasing Homicides in Charlotte, North Carolina

A Reflection on PDIA in Action: Homelessness in Tarrant County

PDIA in Action group team meeting

Guest blog written by Akbar Ahmadzai, Emma Davies, Renzo Lavin, Fernando Marquez Six weeks ago, the class counted off numbers: One, two, three, four, five. Repeat. One, two, three, four, five. Repeat. Some of us were fortunate enough to have been assigned to group 2. Others convinced classmates to switch with them. Regardless of how we…Continue Reading A Reflection on PDIA in Action: Homelessness in Tarrant County

You Need to be Brave

Guest blog written by Margaret MacDonald Coming into the Implementing Public Policy course I felt a little nervous. I wasn’t familiar with problem driven iterative adaptation (PDIA). I think I expected a prescriptive methodology and wasn’t sure if or how I would be able to apply the theory learned to my work. From the first…Continue Reading You Need to be Brave

A Bridge to Sustainable Development in Panama begins with Purpose

Guest blog written by Lorena Fabrega After 25-years-experience in the private sector, steering the course of a professional career towards public service is challenging.  Implementing Public Policy came to me at such a moment, when I knew I cared and was willing to take risks.   Knowing I had the ability to make a difference was enough to seek…Continue Reading A Bridge to Sustainable Development in Panama begins with Purpose

The Origins, Gospel, Path and Light at the End of the Tunnel

Guest blog written by Luis Paredes When I decided to apply for the Program, I was not sure I would get accepted! With all the complicated crises around the globe, I thought my country’s problems were not that hard to solve or -even- that important. Happily, I was totally mistaken. Once I arrived in Boston…Continue Reading The Origins, Gospel, Path and Light at the End of the Tunnel