Dr. Barbara Kellerman discusses the limits of leadership, and why the field of leadership studies needs to pay attention to bad leaders as…
The acronym ‘PFM’ stands for Public Financial Management: But what is public financial management? This short note tries to demystify the…
The media storm engulfing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) misses the main story. The disability claims backlog, the scheduling…
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It started two decades ago with CompStat in the New York City Police Department but quickly jumped to other public agencies in New York and…
The current crisis of democracy has many causes. The one I discuss here is the inability of our democratic institutions -- and our…
Externally supported Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms often have limited success in developing countries. The reforms commonly…