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Event: Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi’s Schools

  • Publication date October 20, 2025
Yamini Aiyar headshot

What will it take to build high-performing, purpose-oriented public sector organizations in India? In answering this question, the voices of India’s frontline officers–charged with delivering a vast array of public services to citizens–are dismissed all too quickly. Public debates on the Indian state generally view them as corrupt, apathetic, incompetent, and in urgent need of…Continue Reading Event: Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi’s Schools

Event: Finding Purpose in Turbulent Times

  • Publication date October 7, 2025
Shaun Tomson surfing

Join us for an inspiring and interactive workshop featuring legendary world surfing champion, author, and leadership expert Shaun Tomson. In a time marked by global uncertainty and rapid change, Shaun will introduce The CODE Method—a transformative framework designed to help individuals turn hope into action, visualization into realization, and desire into lasting commitment. Drawing on…Continue Reading Event: Finding Purpose in Turbulent Times

Event: PDIA in Tunisia and Jordan

  • Publication date April 14, 2025
Tim Kornprobst, Lobna Jeribi, and Peter Harrington presenting

Earlier this year, 21 IPP alumni from 15 countries gathered in Bahrain for our first Implementing Public Policy (IPP) community of practice seminar for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. As part of this event, IPP alums, Lobna Jeribi and Tim Kornprobst discussed their experience using the PDIA approach to address solid waste…Continue Reading Event: PDIA in Tunisia and Jordan

Building Momentum Among PDIA Practitioners in the MENA Region

  • Publication date March 3, 2025
IPP participants and BSC staff in Bahrain

written by Mannat Singh Over the past six years BSC has trained 382 practitioners in 81 countries through its flagship 6-month Implementing Public Policy (IPP) executive program. The program was created to equip policymakers around the world with multiple tools to solve today’s complex public problems. A key component of the program is the IPP…Continue Reading Building Momentum Among PDIA Practitioners in the MENA Region

Event: Motivation and Purpose in the Public Sector

  • Publication date October 14, 2024
Dan Honig headshot

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

Event: The Mirror Cracked? On Democracy, Welfare Politics, and India’s General Election

  • Publication date September 16, 2024
Yamini Aiyar headshot

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

Event: Why Trust (not Money, Data, Evidence, Argument, Credentials) is the Currency of Change

  • Publication date September 10, 2024
Rakesh Rajani headshot

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

Event: Learning, Failure, and Blame in the Public Sector

  • Publication date December 8, 2023
Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, Dan Honig, and Salimah Samji presenting

Problems in the public sector are numerous. It is an arena where critique is constant, mistakes are magnified, success is taken for granted, and the risk of failure has public consequences. In this complex landscape, how do you pivot from finger-pointing positions of ‘winner-loser’ and ‘we-they’ to creating a learning environment of “us?” Is failure…Continue Reading Event: Learning, Failure, and Blame in the Public Sector