Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made
As nations careen from one crisis to the next, there is a growing cry for fresh leadership. Those in charge have repeatedly fallen short, and trust in institutions has plummeted.
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Leading with Intentionality: The 4P Framework for Strategic Leadership
The ability to exercise leadership effectively requires skills and capacities that must be developed; they are not innate.
Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices
Leadership doesn't look like it used to. Expanding on the lessons learned from Richard H. Thaler and Cass R.
The (Missing?) Role of Institutions in Behavioral Public Administration
In this roundtable, the contributors discuss the role of institutions (or lack thereof) in behavioral public administration (BPA).
When Perceptions of Public Service Harms the Public Servant: Predictors of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Government
Public servants’ mental health can impact how, how well, and to whom services are delivered.
Best Practices for the Governance of Digital Public Goods
“Digital government” is becoming simply “government.” As a result, an ever-increasing number of systems and processes critical to the operation of government—the core infrastructure of a state—are bei
Demystifying college costs: how nudges can and can't help
As US college costs continue to rise, governments and institutions have quadrupled financial aid.
Managing a Polarized Workforce
One of the toughest challenges leaders face is managing diverse perspectives—and given heightened tensions over politics and movements such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, that’s more difficult toda
The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it.
Benefits of legislation meant to help all veterans were routinely denied to Black veterans.
The 2021 Digital Services Convening
In June 2021, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the digital transformation consultancy Public Digital hosted the fourth annual Digital Services Convening.
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