Leading Questions

A podcast by Global Government Forum in which civil service leaders share what they learned from their time at the top Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leading Questions is a government podcast hosted by Jack Aldane, with 43 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jack Aldane hosts Leading Questions, a government show with 43 episodes published.

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  How to get the right skills mix for modern government

  Jul 29, 20251h 16mS0

  <p>Governments around the world are all faced with meeting skills gaps and talent challenges. Many services require digitally-savvy public servants to help deliver more citizen-focused services, while there is also a need for leadership and management skills to allow government to become more risk-smart and innovative. </p><br><p>This Government Transformed podcast, supported by knowledge partner Skillsoft, looked at how governments can assess the skills they need; how they are working to quicken recruitment in key digital skills; and how artificial intelligence developments will change the skills that civil servants need.</p><br><p>Join host Richard Johnstone a...

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  Confident decision-making for better outcomes in government

  Jul 10, 20251h 11mS0

  <p>Civil servants in government make many decisions every day. </p><br><p>From policy officials working to develop responsive services that meet users’ needs, to frontline officials who have to make choices on what tax cases to prioritise, the work of government requires the skills to make effective decisions.</p><br><p>This Global Government Forum webinar looked at how governments can build systems that help drive better decision-making – and how civil servants can develop the skills to make – and implement – confident decisions.</p><br><p>This webinar brought together public servants from around the world to discuss how governme...

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  Leading Questions

  Confident decision-making for better outcomes in government

  Jul 10, 20251h 11mS0

  <p>Civil servants in government make many decisions every day. From policy officials working to develop responsive services that meet users’ needs, to frontline officials who have to make choices on what tax cases to prioritise, the work of government requires the skills to make effective decisions.</p> <p>This Global Government Forum webinar looked at how governments can build systems that help drive better decision-making – and how civil servants can develop the skills to make – and implement – confident decisions.</p> <p>This webinar brought together public servants from around the world to discuss how governments are streamlining the way they wor...

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  What is Everythingism, and how does it affect the way that governments work?

  Jun 30, 202541 minS0

  <p >In this conversation, the executive editor of Global Government Forum Richard Johnstone chats to Joe Hill, the policy director of the think-tank Re:state about his recent essay, Everythingism.</p> <p >There’s a link to Joe’s essay at the bottom of these notes, but Everythingism is what Joe Hill describes as the belief in government that “every proposal, project or policy is a means for promoting every national objective, all at the same time”.</p> <p >In this episode, Richard and Joe dig into exactly what Everythingism means, how it manifests in policymaking, and the impact that it can h...

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  What is Everythingism, and how does it affect the way that governments work?

  Jun 30, 202541 minS0

  <p>In this conversation, the executive editor of Global Government Forum Richard Johnstone chats to Joe Hill, the policy director of the think-tank Re:state about his recent essay, Everythingism.</p><br><p>There’s a link to Joe’s essay at the bottom of these notes, but Everythingism is what Joe Hill describes as the belief in government that “every proposal, project or policy is a means for promoting every national objective, all at the same time”.</p><br><p>In this episode, Richard and Joe dig into exactly what Everythingism means, how it manifests in policymaking, and the impact t...

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