Public Leadership and Management
What qualities make a good public leader? How much does modern leadership rely on image and how much on tangible skills? What will it take to restore public trust in leadership?
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From Moonshots to Stagnation: Is Government Innovation a Thing of the Past?
"Today, the term moonshot is most commonly associated with the tech ecosystem, where Big Tech has assumed the role of global innovation leadership. This raises a fundamental question: Is the trajectory of human progress now dictated solely by private-sector interests? If innovation were to be driven primarily by profit-driven corporations, what values and priorities shape the future of technological development?"Explore all Articles
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The Ibrahim Prize for Excellence among African Leaders
11.14.13
On October 14, the Mo Ibrahim Prize Committee announced, for the second year in a row, that it had not found anyone to whom to award its Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The Prize is given to a recently-retired Executive Head of State or Government in Africa who satisfies the criteria of having been […]
Get Off the Sidelines and Get into the Game: An Interview with Senator Mazie Hirono
11.14.13
Get Off the Sidelines and Get into the Game: An Interview with Senator Mazie Hirono Born in Fukushima, Japan, Mazie K. Hirono was nearly eight years old when her mother brought her and her older brother to Hawaii to escape an abusive husband and seek a better life. Hirono served in the Hawaii House of […]
Policy PodCast Interview with Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
11.13.13
October 25th, 2013 – Welcome to the policy cast of the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy. This year Antonio Villaraigosa stepped down after two terms as the mayor of Los Angeles. In a city where Hispanics have become the predominant ethnic group, making up approximately half of the city’s 10 million residents, he represents a […]
Completing the Mission: An Interview with Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
10.22.13
In 2004, Tammy Duckworth was deployed to Iraq as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot for the Illinois Army National Guard. She was one of the first Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom until her helicopter was hit by an RPG on 12 November 2004. Duckworth lost her legs and partial use […]
Mandela – Genius of Restraint
11.18.12
What makes Nelson Mandela a remarkable man? The African National Congress (“ANC”), which ledthe resistance movement against apartheid, is the presentruling party in South Africa. After joining the ANC in 1942, Nelson Mandela initially followed a path of non-violent resistance to end apartheid in South Africa. By 1961, with this approach proving unsuccessful, Mandela co-founded […]
Decision Making and Negotiation
What skills foster principled and effective decision making?
How can we strengthen democracies and civic engagement?
How do we create strong, healthy, and just societies?
When should the government intervene in the economy?
