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Podcasts

Our podcasts feature interviews on new research by our Faculty and Associates, the PDIA in Practice series, audible research papers, event recordings, and insights on strategic leadership and crises response.

Podcast Series

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A Decade of Building State Capability

This series features interviews with practitioners who reflect on their experience using the PDIA approach and their engagement with Building State Capability over the past 10 years.

Applying PDIA in Liberia featuring Awa Touray

Evaluation of PDIA in Africa featuring Andrew Lawson

Applying PDIA in Mozambique featuring Cara Myers


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Building State Capability

The BSC Podcast series utilizes research from our Faculty and Associates to provide strategies and tactics to build the capability of public organizations to implement policies and programs.

Helping kids to read for meaning and calculate with confidence in South Africa

Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work: A Conversation with Matt Andrews

Pivoting Education Systems in a Crisis – Lessons from Woburn, MA Public Schools


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Leadership, Organizing, and Action

This series walks your through the five key practices of People, Power, Change and provides practical strategies to learn the leadership and organizing craft.

EP 1: Intro to Leadership and Organizing

EP 2: Building Relationships

EP 3: Storytelling


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Resolving Public Problems

This series features interviews with alums of our Implementing Public Policy (IPP) executive program and examines how they are using the PDIA tools and approach in designing and implementing public policy.

Maggie Jones (United States)

Mohamed Hejres (Bahrain)

Eleanor Sarpong (United Kingdom)


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Leading Through Crisis

Governments are most important in times of public crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. This podcast series offers ideas for leaders questioning how they can help and what kind of leadership is required in crises. 

Budgeting in Times of Crisis: Interview with Sandra Naranjo

Message in a Battle: Why Communications Matter in a Battle

Empowering Work and Learning, Even if Things Seem Chaotic


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4P Model for Strategic Leadership

The 4P Model for Strategic Leadership is a purposeful, intentional reflection on the four domains that are most important for great leadership: Perception, Process, People and Projection.

EP 1: Perception

EP 2: Process

EP 3: People


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PDIA in Practice

The PDIA in Practice series walks you through the Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) approach to solving complex development problems.

The Big Stuck and Capability for Policy Implementation

Techniques of Successful Failure

Building the Capability You Need


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Audio Policy Papers

The Audio Policy Paper podcast series feature audible versions of our academic papers, allowing our research to be more accessible to a global audience.

Audio Policy Paper 1: How Cities Erode Gender Equality

Audio Policy Paper 2: Public Policy Failure – ‘How Often?’ and ‘What Is Failure, Anyway?’