At Building State Capability, we are excited to see the PDIA methodology being tested and adapted in many countries around the world. In order to make our videos and materials more accessible, we have started translating them into other languages, most recently in Spanish. In January this year, we were approached by a former HKS student,…Continue Reading PDIAtoolkit now available in Spanish!
written by Salimah Samji It’s February and 2018 feels like a long time ago! Last year, I wrote my first annual stock taking blog and I’ve been meaning to write a follow up since early January, but 2019 has been off to an incredibly busy start. As you may know, we are small team of…Continue Reading 10 new things we did in 2018
written by Salimah Samji In 2009, we began to explore how to do PDIA in the real world. Our early engagements helped us learn, develop and refine our tools – some of our key ideas (problem construction, problem driven convening, problem deconstruction, sequencing, action pushes etc.) emerged from this process. In 2012, the Building State…Continue Reading Introducing the PDIA Toolkit
We are delighted to announce that we will be offering a brand new free online course entitled Creating Public Value, from October 7 – December 2, 2018. The course will be taught by Mark H. Moore, Professor of Strategic Public Management at the Harvard Kennedy School. This is an 8-week course for individuals who have executive responsibility in government…Continue Reading Announcing our newest online course: Creating Public Value
We are delighted to share our new fun PDIA Anthem that you can add to your summer playlist! As you can see, we’ve iterated and adapted our music style from our first PDIA Anthem….Continue Reading PDIA Anthem Part 2
We hosted Dan Honig a few weeks ago to discuss his new book published by Oxford University Press. Here are some highlights….Continue Reading New Book: Navigation by Judgment
We have been told many times that the acronym PDIA is clunky and that it doesn’t easily roll off the tongue. Matt Andrews’ response to that has been, “it doesn’t matter what you call it, it matters that you do it.” BUT in order to do it, you need to first understand what it is. We are…Continue Reading Watch our new PDIA video!
written by Salimah Samji The Building State Capability (BSC) program had a very busy 2017. We are a small team of doers who are constantly testing, learning, reflecting, and adapting our approach – essentially PDIAing our way forward, often while charting new waters. …Continue Reading Taking stock of our achievements in 2017
written by Salimah Samji We now have 569 development practitioners in 64 countries who have successfully completed a version of our free PDIA course. Since we began our online journey in November 2015, we have learned, iterated and adapted our course three times, essentially PDIA-ing our way forward. More than 80% of each cohort has…Continue Reading Democratizing PDIA knowledge one practitioner at a time
Guest blog by Duncan Green Jetlag is a book reviewer’s best friend. In the bleary small hours in NZ and now Australia, I have been catching up on my reading. The latest was ‘Building State Capability’, by Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock, which builds brilliantly on Matt’s 2013 book and the subsequent work…Continue Reading Building State Capability: Review of an important (and practical) new book
