Unfolding leadership

Working in a way that brings up the best of yourself, in a place of wholeness, purpose and freedom

Vanesa Weyrauch

Jun 24, 2019
4 min

Working in a way that brings up the best of yourself, in a place of wholeness, purpose and freedom

I am in a call with my team, talking about ideas for the future. One of my colleagues mentions that a group of civil servants she met in...

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Inclusive Knowledge Systems in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Three things to remember

Clément Gévaudan

Mar 5, 2019
5 min

Inclusive Knowledge Systems in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Three things to remember

[This blog post was produced by Clément Gévaudan as a generous and thoughtful contribution to ignite discussion around our paper “State...

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Supporting organizational change for evidence use at Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency

Leandro Echt

Oct 11, 2018
5 min

Supporting organizational change for evidence use at Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana has been working with Politics & Ideas and INASP to apply the Context Matters...

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Emerging leaders: daring to design strategies that bring the “I”, “we” and “it/s” together

Vanesa Weyrauch

Mar 8, 2018
5 min

Emerging leaders: daring to design strategies that bring the “I”, “we” and “it/s” together

[This blog post is part of a new series “Emerging leaders” that will explore ideas, practices and approaches to enable a new paradigm in...

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Emerging leaders: Daring to really listen

Vanesa Weyrauch

Sep 5, 2017
3 min

Emerging leaders: Daring to really listen

[This blog post is part of a new series “Emerging leaders” that will explore ideas, practices and approaches to enable a new paradigm in...

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Leaders who dare: a new paradigm to enhance the knowledge and policy interaction

Vanesa Weyrauch

Jul 17, 2017
3 min

Leaders who dare: a new paradigm to enhance the knowledge and policy interaction

Ken Wilber´s Four Quadrants As the complexity and depth of organizational and social issues arise, the need for a new type of leadership...

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Joe Luetjens

Apr 26, 2017
5 min

A primer on policy entrepreneurs

[Editor’s note: This post was originally published by Joe Luetjens, a PhD fellow in the Successful Public Governance program at Utrecht...

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Knowledge and policy-making: acknowledging each policymaker’s contribution to the decision-mak

Clara Richards

Aug 13, 2015
3 min

Knowledge and policy-making: acknowledging each policymaker’s contribution to the decision-mak

By Waponi at flickr.com under CC It is interesting to reflect on the use of knowledge in the public sector or the different state...

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The role of evidence in policy making: “The ideal adviser should meet three skills: analytical-conce

Leandro Echt

Dec 4, 2014
4 min

The role of evidence in policy making: “The ideal adviser should meet three skills: analytical-conce

[Editor’s Note: This interview is part of a wider series of talks with current and former officials, politicians and researchers from...

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Clara Richards

Oct 24, 2014
4 min

To more complexity, more dagu!

Courtesy of nero vivo under CC at flickr.com This is the second post of a series focusing on how we can better incorporate the complexity...

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Voices from the ground: policy makers’ challenges to the use of evidence

Clara Richards

Oct 21, 2014
3 min

Voices from the ground: policy makers’ challenges to the use of evidence

[Editor’s note: This post is the fourth of a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to share what we...

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Embracing complexity: welcome to our land!

Clara Richards

Oct 9, 2014
4 min

Embracing complexity: welcome to our land!

By Michael Heiss under CC license This is the first post of a series focusing on how we can better incorporate the complexity paradigm as...

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What are we missing when trying to develop policy makers capacities to use evidence?

Clara Richards

Sep 30, 2014
4 min

What are we missing when trying to develop policy makers capacities to use evidence?

As part of the development of an online course at P&I, we have been reviewing a broad set of available resources (papers, toolkits,...

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Selecting diverse ways to reach audiences: a strategically ongoing effort

Clara Richards

Aug 14, 2014
3 min

Selecting diverse ways to reach audiences: a strategically ongoing effort

In this previous post about how think tanks are segmenting communications to reach diverse audiences we shared some findings of this...

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Researcher policymaker: A missing bridge?

Clara Richards

Aug 12, 2014
2 min

Researcher policymaker: A missing bridge?

It’s quite amazing the amount of time and effort that southern researchers invest to research their ideas and present them to the world,...

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Getting policy makers to hear community voices

Clara Richards

Jul 29, 2014
4 min

Getting policy makers to hear community voices

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Rebecca Pointer, Information and Communication Officer at the Institute for Poverty, Land and...

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From managing research to mentoring: an effective mechanism for a generational transition

Clara Richards

Mar 5, 2014
2 min

From managing research to mentoring: an effective mechanism for a generational transition

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Raquel Zelaya, Director of ASIES, in Guatemala. It is part of a series of posts emerging from...

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Imagining a better 2014 (2) – by Raquel Zelaya and the team at ASIES

Clara Richards

Jan 17, 2014
2 min

Imagining a better 2014 (2) – by Raquel Zelaya and the team at ASIES

Our second respondents are the team at ASIES, a Guatemala-based think tank. 1. What are the most important lessons about research and...

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Imagining a better 2014 (1) Ramón-Antonio Gutiérrez Palacios

Clara Richards

Jan 9, 2014
2 min

Imagining a better 2014 (1) Ramón-Antonio Gutiérrez Palacios

Our first respondent is Ramón-Antonio Gutiérrez Palacios, international consultant based in Santiago de Chile, partner at the Innovation...

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Think tanks’ executive directors: background, profiles and qualities

Leandro Echt

Aug 16, 2013
4 min

Think tanks’ executive directors: background, profiles and qualities

Leading a think tank is not an easy task. Usually, these leaders need to make key decisions that involve a huge diversity of issues: from...

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