Guest blog by Eileen Cipriani It has been a great pleasure to be part of a class with so many dynamic leaders, doing such diverse and important work and to be part of such an impressive program at the Harvard Kennedy School. After listening to the problems my colleagues were trying to solve, I thought…Continue Reading Providing Quality Housing in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Guest blog by Chris Ackerman-Avila, Christina Bibler, Jaymie Bradford, Jessica Lawrence, Kohta Zaiser, Kris McFadden, Paola Avila, Rania Amen. We focused on tackling the lack of public support for the revitalization of our civic core, because we want our residents to be effectively served, our employees to have a safe and conducive workplace, and to…Continue Reading Revitalizing Downtown San Diego’s Civic Center Neighborhood
Guest blog by Lucas R. Martinez In December of 2021, I embarked on a 6-day trek through Torres del Paine National Park, in southern Chilean Patagonia. A yearly ritual with a best friend from college, I would find a multi-day hike far from civilization to collect my thoughts, reenergize my spirit, and challenge me mentally…Continue Reading A Policy Neophyte’s Journey Through Organizational Change, Policy Failures & Enlightenment in the United States
Guest blog by Sharonne Navas In a world of high speed wars, high speed internet, and high speed dating — can we slow down to solve world problems? I was trained to problem solve in under five minutes. Math club, speed chess, wordle — the idea of speeding through a problem towards the solution was simply the…Continue Reading Slowing Down To Go Fast: Fishing Out the Education Problems in Washington State
Guest blog by Charlie Albanese, Michael Burns, Corrinda Crossdale, Wanda Cooper, Linda Kingsley, Tammy Mayberry, Gabe Person, John Oster Our group focused on homelessness, specifically street homelessness. Our public value statement is: “We will tackle street homelessness, particularly homeless individuals residing in City encampments identified by GIS, because everyone in the community should be treated with…Continue Reading Street Homelessness in Rochester
Guest blog by Cecilia Ávila, Celina Fernández, Alejandra Hyver, Ana Luna, Gabriela Muñoz, Cordelia Portilla, José Francisco Salas, Rocío Salazar When Mayor Colosio came close with the Districts of Care in Bogota, he called me right on the spot to tell me “stop everything you’re doing, we need to focus on caregivers and the economy…Continue Reading Addressing the Plight of Caregivers in Monterrey, Mexico
Guest blog by Joe N. Savage Jr. It was a late Wednesday night as I sat in my room at the DoubleTree hotel. I was sitting comfortably in my desk chair feeling supported by its stern back. My Pepsi Zero was resting in a glass splattered with tiny beads of cool water. My other comfort….Continue Reading When You Dig In, You’ll Find It: PDIA Gold
Guest blog by Rana Allawnha, Laura Demarse, Angela Fortino, Zaineb Hussein, Mariam Jalloul, Amanda Bright McClanahan, Anisa Sahoubeh. The City of Dearborn’s young and energized workforce is not equipped to fill the jobs of the future. While cities across Michigan are losing their populations, Dearborn’s population grew by 12% according to the last census, the…Continue Reading Developing a Workplace of the Future in Dearborn, Michigan
Guest blog by Karen Harris, Rosalind McGary, La Shawn Kindle-Young, Jimmie Smith, John D. Strickland Jr, Maria Villareal, Alonzo Williams The Great Outta Compton team was officially established in January 2023 by Mayor Emma Sharif to tackle some of the problems facing our community. The team consists of community stakeholders, and city staff; each of…Continue Reading Improved Public Spaces and Infrastructure for the People of Compton, California
Guest blog by Dawn Kobayashi I had the absolute privilege of attending the IPP program on behalf of Harvard Bloomberg. I had the internal belief that I had some inkling knowledge about public policy….I was completely incorrect. I now understand why its called “Implementing Public Policy” because the implementation is the most difficult part of…Continue Reading Declining Downtown Densification in Western Canada: Problem Definition is the Foundation to Getting it Right
