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Inside the public service's ‘Human Handbrake’: why reform stalls and how to fix it

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Demos has released a fascinating paper, The Human Handbrake, on the five human habits that stall public sector reform. In this episode we pick through each of them - fear, heroics, tribes, tidiness, and tempo - and test practical fixes from risk stratification to outcome-focused equity. Topics covered include:

  • fear-driven risk culture and how to stratify risk
  • safe-to-fail spaces vs non-negotiable protections
  • policy hero incentives vs long-term stewardship
  • recruitment, merit, and better references
  • tribes and bridges between centre and frontline
  • proximity, exchanges, and communities of practice
  • simplicity bias vs equity and local texture
  • outcome measurement, real-time data, and storytelling
  • political tempo, accountability, and transparent milestones
  • culture as accelerator, not brake.

We covered a wild variety of content in this episode. Here's a smattering:

This podcast was recorded on Kaurna land, and we recognise Kaurna elders past and present. Always was, always will be.

Now for some appropriately bureaucratic disclaimers....
While we have tried to be as thorough in our research as busy full time jobs and lives allow, we definitely don’t guarantee that we’ve got all the details right.
Please feel free to email us corrections, episode suggestions, or anything else, at [email protected].
Thanks to PanPot audio for our intro and outro music.
'Til next time!

  continue reading

64 episodes

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Manage episode 515962480 series 3490290
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Demos has released a fascinating paper, The Human Handbrake, on the five human habits that stall public sector reform. In this episode we pick through each of them - fear, heroics, tribes, tidiness, and tempo - and test practical fixes from risk stratification to outcome-focused equity. Topics covered include:

  • fear-driven risk culture and how to stratify risk
  • safe-to-fail spaces vs non-negotiable protections
  • policy hero incentives vs long-term stewardship
  • recruitment, merit, and better references
  • tribes and bridges between centre and frontline
  • proximity, exchanges, and communities of practice
  • simplicity bias vs equity and local texture
  • outcome measurement, real-time data, and storytelling
  • political tempo, accountability, and transparent milestones
  • culture as accelerator, not brake.

We covered a wild variety of content in this episode. Here's a smattering:

This podcast was recorded on Kaurna land, and we recognise Kaurna elders past and present. Always was, always will be.

Now for some appropriately bureaucratic disclaimers....
While we have tried to be as thorough in our research as busy full time jobs and lives allow, we definitely don’t guarantee that we’ve got all the details right.
Please feel free to email us corrections, episode suggestions, or anything else, at [email protected].
Thanks to PanPot audio for our intro and outro music.
'Til next time!

  continue reading

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