Leader as storyteller: The power of communication
There is a growing role for storytelling in public administration – what Sandford Borins of the University of Toronto calls...
Leader as evaluator: The power of analysis
Sierra Leone Finance Minister Kaifala Marah said: “The acid test of change lies in the strength and vision of leadership…and...
Leader as mentor: The power of experience
Mentoring is about learning from another’s experience and advice. It is a relationship between two people in which the more...
Leader as visionary: The power of imagination
Visions are our windows to tomorrow. They are about exercising imagination, asking where we are going, and setting direction. This...
Modern Times: Harnessing ICT for development
Modern Times is the 1936 comedy starring, written, and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character...
Capacity development: Tending to strategic HR management
Singapore has observed, “Where nations will eventually stand in the economic ladder will depend on their strategic human resource management...
Think globally, act locally: Benchmarking local governance
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O’Neill declared following his only electoral defeat in 1935 that,...
Losing my religion: Mastering public-private partnerships
The Asian Development Bank estimates that the global demand for infrastructure funding is $3 trillion annually, with 11% sourced via public-private partnerships.
Building pyramids in the valleys
Regardless of stage and scale of development, governments need assurance that their financial affairs – budget, revenue, accounting, audit, borrowing,...
Dancing with the Devil: Institutionalizing integrity in public administration
Following Singapore’s independence in 1965, the controversial leadership of Lee Kuan Yew transformed this former British trading post into a...