Guest blog written by Yilma Melkamu Alazar I came across the “Implementing Public Policy” course by chance while scrolling through my social media links. Reading through the course objectives, I immediately thought it might help me to find a way to solve some of my struggles. However, I was a bit skeptical since my field of…Continue Reading Deconstructing policy challenges using the fishbone
Guest blog written by Peter Harrington and Ben French Act One of Covid is over. In places it has been frightening, in others orderly, and everywhere completely unprecedented. As we move into Act Two of this astonishing global drama, and a global recession on a scale not seen before, governments and leaders need to prepare themselves…Continue Reading COVID Act Two: Look beyond your borders to navigate what comes next
On May 1st, 2020, we hosted a sixth virtual discussion with Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on his new Public Leadership Through Crisis blog series. Thank you to ALL those who attended our sixth session and for engaging with us. If you missed the session, you can listen to it here or in the player below. https://harvardbsc.simplecast.com/episodes/ltc10-a-virtual-discussion-with-prof-matt-andrews-may-1-2020 BSC’s…Continue Reading Listen to our sixth virtual discussion on Leadership Through Crisis
On April 24th, 2020, we hosted a fourth virtual discussion with Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on his new Public Leadership Through Crisis blog series. Here are some of the questions he answered: Since the pandemic requires quick decision making at the national level, this might pose a threat for democracies and citizen inclusiveness, how can…Continue Reading Listen to our fifth virtual discussion on Leadership Through Crisis
written by Matt Andrews I have used a few blogs to discuss the need for governments to reorganize when facing crisis, adopting flat, fast and flexible structures. There are various versions of such structures but I propose a snowflake mechanism that allows one to have a central coordinating team (like a snowflake nucleus) that interact…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 18: Who are Political Leaders and What is their Role?
On April 17th, 2020, we hosted a fourth virtual discussion with Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on his new Public Leadership Through Crisis blog series. Here are some of the questions he answered: I am curious to explore the impact of the COVID-19 on the global value chain. For sure it impacted in a way the…Continue Reading Listen to our fourth virtual discussion on Leadership Through Crisis
written by Matt Andrews The last few blog posts have offered various lessons from practice – in Liberia’s 2014 Ebola crisis and Bahrain’s current Covid-19 crisis. I offered these lessons at this point partly because they provide excellent applied narratives on the importance of adopting fast, flat and flexible organizing structures when faced with crises….Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 16: Empowering work and learning, even if things seem chaotic
written by Matt Andrews Hamad Almalki is the Undersecretary for National Economy at Bahrain’s Ministry of Finance and National Economy. He is a graduate of the Edward S. Mason mid-career Masters in Public Administration program at the Harvard Kennedy School. My Zoom interview captures Hamad’s reflections (as of April 3) on Bahrain’s response to the…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 15: The COVID-19 Crisis in Bahrain
written by Matt Andrews Peter Harrington is an alumni of the Harvard Kennedy School, and a former fellow with the Building State Capability program (BSC). In 2014, Peter worked with the Africa Governance Initiative helping Liberia’s government deal with its Ebola epidemic. He assisted in an area called ‘Social Mobilization’; an area of the organizational…Continue Reading Public Leadership Through Crisis 14: Lessons on Crisis Communication from Liberia’s Ebola epidemic
On April 10th, 2020, we hosted a third virtual discussion with Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on his new Public Leadership Through Crisis blog series. Here are some of the questions he answered: How do you best gain community buy-in to a response strategized and enforced by institutional and government actors? Given how long this crisis…Continue Reading Listen to our third virtual discussion on Leadership Through Crisis
