Successfully Executing Ambitious Strategies in Government: An Empirical Analysis
How are senior government executives who attempt to execute an ambitious vision requiring significant strategic change in their organizations able to succeed?
Research
Memo to the President: Making Preventing Nuclear Terrorism a Central Organizing Principle of Your Administration
This book is a collection of papers prepared for the 2008 summer Aspen Strategy Group conference on The Instruments & Institutions of American Purpose.
Sometimes Weird Works
Foreword
Book abstract: This book is a collection of papers prepared for the 2008 summer Aspen Strategy Group conference on The Instruments & Institutions of American Purpose.
Smart Power
President Barack Obama pledged in his first TV interview—with the Arab satellite channel Al Arabiya—that America under his watch would "listen with respect and not dictate" to the world.
Soft Power and Smart Power
Book abstract: This book is a collection of papers prepared for the 2008 summer Aspen Strategy Group conference on The Instruments & Institutions of American Purpose.
The People Factor: Strengthening America By Investing in Public Service
Facing its greatest domestic challenges since the Great Depression, America is waking up to the realization that government is still important.
Why Stories Matter
Leadership is about enabling others to achieve purpose in the face of uncertainty. When there’s certainty, when you know what to do, you don’t need leadership.
The Data Don't Speak for Themselves
Obama's Ethics Agenda: The Challenge of Coordinated Change
Obama's "ethics agenda" is the most ambitious ever set out by a new administration.
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