Governance at the Leading Edge: Black Swans, Wild Cards, and Wicked Problems
Article - Peter Ho
At the 2008 Strategic Perspectives Conference, Head of Civil Service Peter Ho traced the evolution of contemporary public sector practice. He concludes that while the Public Service has successfully adopted best practices from the private sector and elsewhere in the past, these are not enough to ensure good governance as we move into an unpredictable and complex future. In the following excerpt, he highlights the nature of the challenges ahead and argues that Singapore must develop its own new brand of governance in order to manage these critical uncertainties and generate original solutions to the wicked problems of our time.
Managing Complexity and Uncertainties
Article - Lam Chuan Leong
Governments should make provisions for increasingly unpredictable and disruptive outcomes in the future, argues Lam Chuan Leong, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Leadership.
The New Synthesis: Preparing Government for the Challenges of the 21st Century
Article - Jocelyne Bourgon
The New Synthesis Framework expands the concept and practice of governance beyond traditional boundaries of public administration.
National Resilience: Developing a Whole-of-Society Response
Article - Charles Ng
A more robust society begins with clarity about shared priorities, risks, constraints and capabilities.
Thinking through Complexity, Managing for Uncertainty
Article - Lam Chuan Leong
Our thinking is less rational than we'd like to believe, but can we learn to outsmart our own cognitive biases?
The Danish Negotiated Economy
Article - Ove K. Pedersen
Denmark thrives on a strategy of institutional competitiveness: policies, incentives and norms that create a whole-of-society comparative advantage.
Ageing and Public Policy — A Global Perspective
Article - Andrew Kwok
Is there an impending ageing crisis? Two views predominate in the global discourse.
Leadership at a Time of Crisis
Article - Peter Shergold
Five key qualities are demanded of civil servants at a time of crisis, argues Professor Peter Shergold, a distinguished public service veteran and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Civil Service College.
Modernising Public Sector Management: Recent Reforms in Western Australia
Article - Chris Stansbury, Alan Barrett
Legislative changes pave the way for greater public sector accountability, flexibility and collaboration.
Commissioning Public Value: The Role of Civil Servants
Article - Peter Shergold
Civil servants should see themselves as the architects of new, flexible, cross-sectoral arrangements for creating greater public value.
