Guest Blog by Mayank Grover, IPP ’25 When I applied for the Implementing Public Policy (IPP) program, the biggest doubt I had was whether this course would be too theoretical or academic. The problem-driven iterative adaptation concept seemed a bit alien to the public policy or economic regulation in which I have been working for…Continue Reading Evolving Electricity Distribution Network Roles in Australia
Guest blog by Mark Lea, LEG ’24 I have really enjoyed participating in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Leading Economic Growth 2024 programme, led by Professors Ricardo Hausmann and Matt Andrews, and supported by their wider faculty team. Both Professors shared the theories, tools and frameworks they have developed to help us think about our economic…Continue Reading Scrabble, Fishbones, and Positive Deviance: A Perspective from New Zealand
Guest blog by Jason Whiteaker, LEG’23 I came into this program thinking about how the program would help me identify solutions to the growth challenges being faced by my region. Within the first two weeks my thinking had completely changed, moving away from the solution-based approach and very much focusing on identifying the problem /…Continue Reading Insufficient Housing in Western Australia
Guest blog by Kristie Tonkin, LEG ’23 I have thoroughly enjoyed extending my thinking about how to lead economic growth in regional Western Australia through the 10 week course. I have valued how the course extended my current knowledge, introduced topics new to me, provided a toolkit for future initiative development provided a range of…Continue Reading Regional Economic Development in Western Australia
Guest Blog by Tim Larkin, LEG ’22 There are many learnings that I am taking away from this course as every week I learnt something new. The main learnings included: My growth challenge developed in Assignment 2, was slightly redefined in Assignment 6 due to ideas that I learnt during the intervening weeks. Specifically, I realized…Continue Reading Utilizing Growth Diagnostic Tools on Growth Challenges in Australia
Guest Blog by Michelle Sidebottom, LEG ’22 What an exceptional learning experience! Thank you. My key ideas/learnings from LEG2022 included: Our group showed compassion, kindness and support for one another over our 10 weeks together and through this we have not only established new international networks, we have become friends. I will miss our weekly Global…Continue Reading Understanding the Need for Industry Diversity, Complexity, and Knowhow in Western Australia
Guest Blog by Warner Priest, LEG ’22 In many cases, I find when faced with a challenge it is difficult to know where to start and what to do and I find myself procrastinating. The step-by-step approach to Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) has become a useful tool to getting whatever challenge I am faced with…Continue Reading LEG in Practice: Exploring Growth Opportunities and Renewable Energy in Western Australia
Guest Blog by Pippa Hepburn, LEG ’22 When we started Leading Economic Growth (LEG) ten weeks ago, I was confused by the repeated assertions from Keisha and the teaching staff that they were ‘excited’. I figured, like any good laconic Australian, that they would surely tire of this pretence and I would eventually see the real…Continue Reading Broadening the Sense of ‘Us’: Exploring LEG Principles in Western Australia
Guest blog by Kerry Hawkins, IPP 2021 When I signed up for Implementing Public Policy (IPP) Online course, I thought it would be a lot of implementation theory within a public policy setting, possibly with some change management within a government context. I didn’t expect it to be so experiential, practice-oriented and expansive in its…Continue Reading Driving Mental Health Reforms in Australia using the PDIA approach
Guest blog written by Rose Riley I was encouraged by my CEO to sign up for the IPP course. He had completed an economic complexity course at Harvard in 2018 and had shared some of the approach with me at that point. He was aware this approach would align well with my existing way of…Continue Reading A shortage of affordable rental and workers accommodation in Western Australia
