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Thought Leadership

Adaptive Governance for a Changing World

1 January 2016

Edited by Wu Wei Neng; Various authors

Book cover of Adaptive Governance for a Changing World

Publisher: Civil Service College
ISBN: 978-981-09-7879-2
Publication year: 2016

Drawing from lectures delivered at the Civil Service College, Singapore, by leading speakers in governance and policy, economics, public engagement, and leadership and organisation development, this book highlights new pathways and possibilities for governments, along with innovative tools like design thinking and strategic futures. it represents an invitation for policymakers to practise adaptive governance - more resilient, responsive, collaborative and entrepreneurial - in a rapidly changing world.

Contents

  • Foreword

  • Introduction

  • Section 1: Governance and Policymaking in a Complex World
    Overview by Noel Bay

    • A New Generation of Leaders: Embrace Complexity, Harness Human Nature
      Lecture by Eric Bonabeau, summary by Anuradha Shroff

    • Innovations in Governance and Leadership
      Lecture by Augustine O'Donnell, summary by Vernie Oliveiro

    • The Art of Public Strategy
      Lecture by Geoff Mulligan, summary by Celine Lim

  • Section 2: State-Market Relationships and Economic Policy
    Overview by Charmaine Tan

    • Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy
      Lecture by Anatole Kaletsky, summary by Charmaine Tan

    • The Return of Industrial Policy
      Lecture by Dani Rodrik, summary by Alisha Gill

    • Falling Behind: Income Inequality and Middle Class Disaffection
      Lecture by Robert Frank, summary by Amanda Chan

    • Evolution, Economics and the Origin of Wealth: How Complexity Changes the Way We Think about the Economy
      Lecture by Eric Beinhocker, summary by Charmaine Tan

  • Section 3: Social Challenges, Social Policy and The Evolving Social Impact
    Overview by Alisha Gill

    • E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the 21st Century
      Lecture by Robert Putnam, summary by Jeanne Conceicao

    • Achieving Inclusive Growth
      Lecture by David Autor and Alan Manning, summary by Amanda Chan

    • Addressing Complex Social Challenges: Why We Get Stuck and How to Get Unstuck
      Lecture by Adam Kahane, summary by Alisha Gill

    • Creating Public Innovation through Collaboration: Government, Business and the Social Services Sector
      Lecture by Peter Sherwood, summary by Cheryl Wu

  • Section 4: Robust and Effective Public Policy Cycles
    Overview by Wu Wei Neng

    • Innovation in Government: Leveraging Design to Radically Improve Public Policies and Services
      Lecture by Christian Bason, summary by Noel Bay

    • Recent Developments in Thinking about the Future: An Overview for Policymakers
      Lecture by Riel Miller, summary by Anuradha Shroff

    • Applying Behavioural Insight
      Lecture by David Halpern, summary by Celine Lim

  • Section 5: Transforming Institutions: Leadership and Organisational Development
    Overview by Wu Wei Neng

    • Leadership in Our Time: The Era of "Truthiness" and Twitter
      Lecture by Howard Gardner, summary of Kharina Zainal

    • A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Immigration for a World of Constant Change
      Lecture by John Seely Brown, summary by Noel Bay

    • Formulating an OD Plan and Impacting Organisation Performance from a Systematic Perspective
      Lecture by Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge, summary by Anuradha Shroff

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