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 Hanna Harris, Arjariitta Heikkinen, Tiina Hörkkö, Satu Järvenkallas, Katja Nissinen, Piia Pelimanni, Mari Väistö, Meri Virta. The challenge we decided to take on was improving children and young people’s experience of safety in urban environments. The problem was tackled by a core team of eight people representing each division of the City…Continue Reading From Silos to Bridges – Improving Children and Young People’s Experience of Safety in Helsinki
Guest blog by Gretchen Cook-Anderson, Mike Firestone, Trinh Nguyen, Eustacia Ready MacNaught, Laura Rubin, Zach Stanley, Alexandra Valdez, Rev. Willie Bodrick II On December 20, 2022 Mayor Michele Wu called a Life Sciences Workforce Development meeting in Boston, MA also known as ‘the Hub of the Universe’, to announce her 1000 jobs in the Life…Continue Reading Life Sciences Work Force Development in Boston
Guest blog by Anis Saidi, David Friedman, Diksha Kataria, Krista Gon, Lucy Kruske, Tatenda Mujeni, Younmi Kim Complex problems are not impossible to solve. As we learned over the course of this module, PDIA teams must adopt a humble, progressive, and iterative approach to tackle complex problems successfully. The initial step is deconstructing the problem…Continue Reading Providing Quality Health Care in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Guest blog by Shanequa E. Moore, IPP ’22 When I applied to the IPP program, I envisioned a traditional academic experience; yet, what I received has helped me to embrace both my passions and frustrations with public policy and uncover the possibilities of what we can accomplish when we work together. I recall the words…Continue Reading Providing Mental Health Access to Vulnerable Youth in New York City
Guest blog by Adolfo Rubinstein, IPP ’22 Having been minister of health of my country during the previous administration (2017-2019), I felt fairly confident in my own policy-making abilities but, at the same time, I realized that policymaking is not an abstraction. It should get to policy implementation and hopefully policy impact. However, as we…Continue Reading Using PDIA to Implement Health Priorities for the Presidential Election in Argentina
Guest blog by Dr. Amina Mohammed Baloni, IPP’22 I got accepted for the Implementing Public Policy Program following a late application, I had first applied for another executive program focusing on women in leadership positions which I thought would be interesting given my current work context. I was initially apprehensive as the course was a…Continue Reading Providing Effective and Quality Health Services in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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 by Michelle Stone, IPP 2021 My expectations for the Public Policy Implementation course were to gain a broader perspective and strategies on how to implement sound public policy, with creative and innovative solutions. I wanted to learn how to engage and develop conversations even when various industry members’ perspectives are divergent while being…Continue Reading Minimizing impaired driving in Colorado using insights from IPP course
Guest blog by Chris van Rooyen, IPP 2021 I had several expectations when I signed up for the Harvard Implementing Public Policy (IPP) course. First, I was privileged to represent Africa at one of the best global universities. Second, the IPP course was the first international study program of my career. I had preconceived ideas about…Continue Reading Using IPP to tackle HIV, Substance Abuse, and Gender Violence in South Africa
