Guest blog by Krishna Jayaram, IPP ’23 The Implementing Public Policy Course taught me that a successful and sustainable approach to truly complex problems requires me to be out of my comfort zone of being in command (and control) and therefore on target and on time. Instead, I have to approach issues with an open…Continue Reading Hiring Personnel for the City and County of Honolulu, USA
Guest blog by Ron Gullberg, LEG ’23 Lions and camels and hippos, oh my! The Leading Economic Growth (LEG) course provided the necessary tools – and wild kingdom metaphors – to navigate the complexities of identifying and addressing binding constraints to growth in Wyoming as a state and in communities….Continue Reading Economic Resilience in Wyoming
Guest blog written by Cameron Artango, David Kaling, Nadia Kun, Sharlyne Mangai, and Emmanuel Tomarum Youth Unemployment stands to be a great issue in present Papua New Guinea. In Team Survivors, we worked on addressing part of this issue through the Greater Sepik Labour Mobility Program in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. As individuals who…Continue Reading Upscaling Recruitment in the Greater Sepik Labour Mobility Program in Papua New Guinea
Guest blog by Smith T. Matsiko, IPP ’23 This article gives a practical application of Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) on the implementation challenge of deconflicting land in Uganda, providing the progress made and insights about the problem of land conflicts in Uganda as well as key lessons learnt from SLAAC policy intervention. Further insights…Continue Reading Applying PDIA to Land Conflicts in Uganda
Guest blog by Tim Kornprobst, LEG ’23 The past 10 weeks have been an inspiring for me. Thanks to the Leading Economic Growth Program, I have better understood the complexity of an important challenge: Recycling in Jordan. Prior to the course, as a researcher and advisor, I have worked with the methods of the Center…Continue Reading Doing Recycling Differently in Jordan
Guest blog by Langa Kopio, Herry Mek, Frank Awape, Linson Karu, Joe Willie Over the past 7 weeks our team has been working on our problem statement, which is the ‘Lack of Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting on the Capital Investment Budget (CIB) in Papua New Guinea’. We started off with the lack of governance in…Continue Reading Lack of Monitoring and Reporting on the Capital Investment Budget in Papua New Guinea
Guest blog by Akinderu Fatai Moruf, IPP’23 In 2019, I was privileged to assume the role of Commissioner of Housing in Lagos State, the commercial capital of Nigeria with a large population of about 23 million. I was entrusted with the pivotal task of spearheading strategic initiatives to facilitate the expansion of affordable housing. Apart…Continue Reading Expanding Affordable Housing in Lagos, Nigeria
Guest blog by Lilliana Carranza, LEG’23 One of the main lessons learned in addressing the growth challenges in my country was to eliminate the idea that successful external recipes will lead us to solve local problems. This practice is very widespread in Latin America where the recipes of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank,…Continue Reading Low Rate of Female Employment in STEM in Costa Rica
Guest blog written by Minnie Banimbi, Salome Delabu, Michelle Fimaimba, Cieran Kelly, Eunice Takendu Embarking on a journey through the PDIA course, we discovered a rich tapestry of skills crucial for effective problem-solving. We focused on the essentials of collective action, including teamwork, the clear articulation and deconstruction of problems, action facilitation and authorization, and…Continue Reading Death and Taxes in Papua New Guinea
Guest blog by Andrea Cuellar, Fabio Ostermann, Nanditha Menon As a team working on the problem of high recidivism in Marion County, Indiana, we have been through an enriching journey utilizing the Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) framework. This course has broadened our understanding and provided valuable insights into tackling this complex issue, using coherent small…Continue Reading Second Chances for Indiana: Key Learnings and Insights
