Game of Thrones and the underbelly of policy advice by Catherine Althaus & David Threlfall For a fantasy series, Game of Thrones has done well at recreating the institutions of advice that inform our political and administrative systems. Viewed from the outside they can offer insight into how different advisor styles matter. Who ever heard of an independent evaluation? by Stephen Easton Data61’s partnership model: riding a wave of R&D disruption by Victoria Draudins Podcast: Mike Pezzullo discusses the influences that shaped him by Tom Burton Why startups don’t bid on government contracts by Greg Mallory The Mandarin launches new People and Capability section by James Judge 1 2 3 4 5 6 Privacy lessons for public service apps: two good examples and one failure by Stephen Easton Defence and Data61 win IT awards with secure solution for air-gapped networks by Stephen Easton All 25 WA government agencies have permanent heads except one by Stephen Easton The Coach How to be a better leader – according to science by Katie Bailey & Amanda Shantz News Inside Western Australia’s draft blueprint for sweeping public service reform by Stephen Easton Features Post-truth politics makes evidence-based policy harder, but it’s no reason to give up by Stephen Easton People & Capability Is the word ‘leadership’ overused to the point of meaninglessness? by Nick Turner Features Leadership without careerism: is it possible? by Nicholas Gruen Features Victoria’s Family Violence reforms: many ingredients build a better future by Victoria Draudins 5 areas of Australian public policy that saw substantial long-term impact by Andrew Wear Tom Burton: Taylor’s tech changes analysed by Tom Burton The most common workplace issues that never reach the courts by John Wilson The Coach Should public servants be foxes or hedgehogs? by David Donaldson Features Mike Mrdak shows how an experienced leader doesn’t mince words by Harley Dennett Features 7000 answered ‘what type of public servant are you?’ — now the results by The Mandarin Features Be responsive and don’t be rude: Nicola Roxon’s advice to public servants by David Donaldson Partner Content Brushing up on the plain English essentials by Dr Neil James Partner Content Simpler, smarter, safer: when transformation is ‘everybody’s business’, so is risk by Julian Bajkowski Partner Content Strategy to capability? What it actually takes for agencies to execute (but they don’t tell you) by Julian Bajkowski Partner Content Prime time cyber: is government really match-fit for massive online events? by Julian Bajkowski
Game of Thrones and the underbelly of policy advice by Catherine Althaus & David Threlfall For a fantasy series, Game of Thrones has done well at recreating the institutions of advice that inform our political and administrative systems. Viewed from the outside they can offer insight into how different advisor styles matter.
Features Post-truth politics makes evidence-based policy harder, but it’s no reason to give up by Stephen Easton
People & Capability Is the word ‘leadership’ overused to the point of meaninglessness? by Nick Turner
Features Victoria’s Family Violence reforms: many ingredients build a better future by Victoria Draudins
Features Be responsive and don’t be rude: Nicola Roxon’s advice to public servants by David Donaldson
Partner Content Simpler, smarter, safer: when transformation is ‘everybody’s business’, so is risk by Julian Bajkowski
Partner Content Strategy to capability? What it actually takes for agencies to execute (but they don’t tell you) by Julian Bajkowski
Partner Content Prime time cyber: is government really match-fit for massive online events? by Julian Bajkowski
