Navigating a Complex World: A Simple Guide for Public Officers
Edited by Peter Ho and Sheila Pakir
Last updated 25 June 2026
Navigating a Complex World: A Simple Guide for Public Officers
ISBN: 978-981-14-2642-1 (pbk) | 2019
Edited by Peter Ho and Sheila Pakir
This book is intended as a primer for public officers on complexity and its applications to public policy. It recounts the steps the Singapore Government has taken to use complexity to better inform policymaking, from making long-term strategic planning more robust, to planning public transport infrastructure more holistically, to enabling senior citizens to age in place through improved community healthcare. It also examines what can be done in the years ahead to infuse an understanding of complexity across the public service.
CHAPTER 1: A COMPLEX WORLD
SONG Hsi Ching and Anuradha SHROFF
CHAPTER 2: SCENARIO PLANNING AND SCENARIO PLANNING PLUS
Mohammed JALEES
CHAPTER 3: DATA-DRIVEN AGENT-BASED MODELLING AND ITS APPLICATIONS
SONG Hsi Ching
CHAPTER 4: COMPLEXITY IN SOCIAL POLICY
Bernard TING
CHAPTER 5: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Aaron MANIAM