✍️ Getting to “zero bureaucracy” takes a lot of bureaucracy. IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social argues that how we orchestrate bureaucracy matters to deliver fast, fair, and trustworthy services that create public value. 🔗 Read his latest blog here: buff.ly/9MOzxFd

Strong 'planning to plan' vibes here: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

👋🏻 A warm welcome to our new MPA Cohort We are pleased to welcome the latest IIPP MPA Cohort yesterday, with Co-Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social and our core faculty kicking off our introduction week! 🔗 Learn more about our MPA Programme here: buff.ly/nfkcOk7

Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck in old habits — grant-giving, compliance, and rigid oversight — when the world needs institutions that **learn, adapt, and lead**. Full article 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...

“Zero bureaucracy” isn’t the absence of rules — it’s the presence of good ones, embedded in routines & digital infrastructures. Full blog 👉 medium.com/iipp-blog/how-much-bureaucracy-do-we-need-to-achieve-zero-bureaucracy-9c586274da0a

A new academic year @iipp-ucl.bsky.social

🪪 Why don't we have ID cards in the UK? IIPP Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social joined @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room to discuss what a possible ID card system might look like in the UK, and if it would work. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/cWLppNb

✍️ Can Design Transform Governance? IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social, co-author of the recently published Public Design Evidence Review (PDER), reflects on the role of design in creating better public policies and services. 🔗 Read his new blog post here: buff.ly/2zMzPpH

🎤 From Insight to Action: Scaling the Public Sector Capabilities Index Join us at the launch of the new IIPP Public Sector Capabilities Index report, featuring IIPP Professors @mazzucatom.bsky.social & @rainerkattel.bsky.social in conversation with James Anderson. 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/BlceTFU

✍️ Are ‘dynamic capabilities’ just ‘public sector innovation’ with a different name? IIPP's Ruth Puttick, Fernando Fernandez-Monge, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social unpack this often-asked question in their latest blog post, exploring the close relation of both terms. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/xza1qI2

Good point by ‪@rainerkattel.bsky.social‬. He would agree that not just the innovation agencies but the whole bureaucratic edifice needs modernisation. In fact, the necessary return of the State is not in Trump's tariff-mad mode, but in a creative way, providing directionality and missions.

"Too often, we see rigidity at the top, experimentation at the grassroots, and a weak middle. Innovation agencies should be the bridge—but their structures and practices remain stuck in the past" www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno... @rainerkattel.bsky.social

Europe’s innovation agencies are stuck between rigid rules at the top and scattered experiments at the bottom. If they can’t become mission architects, we’ll fail on climate, digital sovereignty & even defence R&D. More in my new Social Europe piece 👉 www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno...

Looking at my inbox and in particular at most of the admin tasks, I suggest we are fast moving from Kantian 'sapere aude' to 'artificialiter sapere aude', dare to use your own AI.

🚨 Last call! UK students have just one week left to apply for our MPA @iipp-ucl.bsky.social. Don’t miss the chance to join a pioneering programme that equips future public leaders with the tools to shape markets, drive missions, and create public value. 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

"One of the most striking things they found out in Bowling Green was that when the ideas were anonymous and stripped of political identity, the constituents found that they agreed on a lot" gizmodo.com/a-kentucky-t...

Apparently Putin called off his planned shopping trip. Because of the tariffs the prices were ridiculous.

For German speakers, I strongly recommend the new number of @surplusmagazin.bsky.social It includes an interview where I answer a bit of everything, incl why I don't speak of techno-feudalism More importantly, a lot of extremely interesting articles from a #critical #economics perspective

✍️ Are ‘dynamic capabilities’ just ‘public sector innovation’ with a different name? IIPP's Ruth Puttick, Fernando Fernandez-Monge, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social unpack this often-asked question in their latest blog post, exploring the close relation of both terms. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/OyAHHM2

⏪ Catch up on our recent Islamic Public Value book launch In May, IIPP's @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Wolfgang Drechsler & Salah Chafik launched their new book 'Islamic Public Value: Theory, Practice, and Administration' at the British Library. 📺 Watch the event recording here: buff.ly/NyzJckY

🪪 Why don't we have ID cards in the UK? IIPP Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social joined @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room to discuss what a possible ID card system might look like in the UK, and if it would work. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/cRTRv9S

✍️ Are ‘dynamic capabilities’ just ‘public sector innovation’ with a different name? IIPP's Ruth Puttick, Fernando Fernandez-Monge, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social unpack this often-asked question in their latest blog post, exploring the close relation of both terms. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/1xKm7JI

🇪🇺 Missions and Public Procurement in Europe The latest working paper by IIPP Prof @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Amy Lai, Chiara Bleckenwegner, @innopirate.bsky.social, & Veiko Lember, examines how public procurement has been used for mission-oriented policy-making. 🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/aczBf6u

STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.”

🎤 DARPA’s High-Risk, High-Reward Legacy IIPP PhD Graduate Dr Josh Entsminger spoke with Sarah Doyle, @jackstilgoe.bsky.social, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social about his PhD journey researching DARPA, its model, and how governments can fund, structure, and sustain innovation for the public good.

Remember the days when you could let your inbox fill up so no one could send you any more emails? Nostalgic for those simple times.

🇪🇺 Missions and Public Procurement in Europe The latest working paper by IIPP Prof @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Amy Lai, Chiara Bleckenwegner, @innopirate.bsky.social, & Veiko Lember, examines how public procurement has been used for mission-oriented policy-making. 🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/aczBf6u

✍️ Can Design Transform Governance? IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social, co-author of the recently published Public Design Evidence Review (PDER), reflects on the role of design in creating better public policies and services. 🔗 Read his new blog post here: buff.ly/haprY2m

✍️ From Digital Feudalism to Digital Sovereignty Catch up on our recent IIPP #RethinkingTheState Forum panel chaired by Prof @rainerkattel.bsky.social & featuring @mazzucatom.bsky.social, @francescabria.bsky.social, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & Mike Braken 🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/gIsnILK

Now do 'why there is something rather than nothing': www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We'll be discussing DARPA and public innovation next week @ucl.ac.uk @iipp-ucl.bsky.social @rainerkattel.bsky.social You can join in-person or online www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

🎤 Building and Managing Public Innovation Join PhD Candidate Josh Entsminger in conversation with Profs. @rainerkattel.bsky.social and @jackstilgoe.bsky.social on his thesis 'Building and Managing Public High-Risk, High-Reward Agencies: Essays on DARPA, 1958–2020'. 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/1jQ7cGM

✍️ Can Design Transform Governance? IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social, co-author of the recently published Public Design Evidence Review (PDER), reflects on the role of design in creating better public policies and services. 🔗 Read his new blog post here: buff.ly/haprY2m

In the words of the brilliant Omar el Akkad: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling it what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.’

Top notch accessibility content "7 Everyday Hacks You Wouldn’t Have Without Disabled People" youtube.com/shorts/_3fjq...

Reform often tinkers at the edges; transformation demands a rethinking of governance structures, civic engagement, and the role of the state itself medium.com/iipp-blog/le...

📣 Launching the Public Design Evidence Review IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social contributed to the first-of-its-kind review launched by @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social, which considers the role of design in creating more successful government policies & services. 🔗Read more: buff.ly/WHDNo4j

✍️ Unleashing Cities’ Dynamic Capabilities. IIPP's @rainerkattel.bsky.social, Fernando Monge & Ruth Puttick write about the influence of national contexts on city governments' ability to develop dynamic capabilities & tackle complex challenges. 🔗 Read more in their latest blog post: buff.ly/MmoCHd1

Jürgen Ligi väidab, et "toidu hinda oleks väga rumal alla tuua. Eestlased võitlevad ju pigem ülekaaluga kui näljaga". See kõlab nagu vana prantsuse revolutsiooni-aegse naljana, et kui kõht tühi, sööge torti. Pole ime, et Reformi järjest vähesed valida tahavad. maaleht.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...

➡️ Innovation is Political Politics fundamentally shape who gets to innovate and on what terms. IIPP's Ruth Puttick, Fernando Monge, and @rainerkattel.bsky.social explore key theories to drive change, drawing on IIPP’s motto: Innovation is political. 🔗 Read their blog here: buff.ly/fB8ns5s

Elon Musk's anti-woke MechaHitler proudly announces a new contract with the Department of Defense

✍️ From Digital Feudalism to Digital Sovereignty Catch up on our recent IIPP #RethinkingTheState Forum panel chaired by Prof @rainerkattel.bsky.social & featuring @mazzucatom.bsky.social, @francescabria.bsky.social, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & Mike Braken 🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/xu4t1Ws

Väga hea artikkel Heido Vitsurilt Eesti inflatsiooni teemadel. Me oleme aastakümnenid arvanud, et meie majandus- ja linnaruumipoliitikad on eriti turusõbralikud. Tuleb välja, et turultoimetajad ihkavad monopole, mitte konkurentsi. Loe pikemalt epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

Enjoyed this @natrevcancer.nature.com article on comparative oncology - how we can learn from other species 🐘🐋🦜🐍 about ways to prevent (& possibly treat) cancer. Both a review and a call to action for the research community. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @atjcagan.bsky.social @cmaley.bsky.social

We argue with @mazzucatom.bsky.social that in addition to coherent policies, the left also needs to develop a machinery of urgency to deliver effective change on the ground

✍️ How can governments counter the populist far right? In their latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social article, IIPP Professors @mazzucatom.bsky.social & @rainerkattel.bsky.social urge democratically committed government to both perform and be more "performative". 🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/Zn0Cx0k

✍️What ‘missions’ mean in practice. IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social and Co-Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social write about the key role that civil servants have in making mission-oriented government work. 🔗Read their article for @civilserviceworld.bsky.social here: buff.ly/fLXQBcb