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Unlock the transformative potential of government with this remarkable book, **Possibility Government** by Mitchell Weiss. This groundbreaking title, under the esteemed Harvard Business Review Press, emphasizes the urgent need for proactive solutions to pressing public challenges, from climate change to deteriorating infrastructure and dwindling public services. **Possibility Government** champions a shift in mindset, advocating for a **public sector** energized by innovation and experimentation rather than bureaucracy and risk aversion. Weiss draws on real-world examples, including innovative approaches to tackling the opioid crisis and transformative strategies implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic. His vision includes three fundamental tenets: envisioning government that inspires collaboration and creative solutions, empowering public leaders to trial new methods for problem-solving, and facilitating scalable innovations that make a difference in communities. This **brand new** hardcover book (ISBN: 9781633699199), published in 2021, is essential reading for policymakers, educators, and citizens alike who aspire to rebuild and enhance public trust through effective governance. **Free shipping** is included with your purchase, ensuring a seamless shopping experience. Please allow up to **6 weeks for delivery**. Once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled. Awaken the possibilities of government today with Mitchell Weiss's inspiring insights!
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781633699199
Format: Cloth over boards
Year: 2021
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Description:
Can we solve big public problems anymore? Yes, we can. This provocative and inspiring book points the way.
The huge challenges we face are daunting indeed: climate change, crumbling infrastructure, declining public education and social services. At the same time, we've come to accept the sad notion that government can't do new things or solve tough problems — it's too big, too slow, and mired in bureaucracy.
Not so, says former public official, now Harvard Business School professor, Mitchell Weiss. The truth is, entrepreneurial spirit and savvy in government are growing, transforming the public sector's response to big problems at all levels. The key, Weiss argues, is a shift from a mindset of Probability Government — overly focused on safe solutions and mimicking so-called best practices — to Possibility Government. This means public leadership and management that's willing to boldly imagine new possibilities and to experiment.
Weiss shares the three basic tenets of this new way of governing:
Government that can imagine: Seeing problems as opportunities and involving citizens in designing solutions
Government that can try new things: Testing and experimentation as a regular part of solving public problems
Government that can scale: Harnessing platform techniques for innovation and growth
The lessons unfold in the timely episodes Weiss has seen and studied: the US Special Operations Command prototyping of a hoverboard for chasing pirates; a heroin hackathon in opioid-ravaged Cincinnati; a series of experiments in Singapore to rein in Covid-19; among
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781633699199
Format: Cloth over boards
Year: 2021
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Description:
Can we solve big public problems anymore? Yes, we can. This provocative and inspiring book points the way.
The huge challenges we face are daunting indeed: climate change, crumbling infrastructure, declining public education and social services. At the same time, we've come to accept the sad notion that government can't do new things or solve tough problems — it's too big, too slow, and mired in bureaucracy.
Not so, says former public official, now Harvard Business School professor, Mitchell Weiss. The truth is, entrepreneurial spirit and savvy in government are growing, transforming the public sector's response to big problems at all levels. The key, Weiss argues, is a shift from a mindset of Probability Government — overly focused on safe solutions and mimicking so-called best practices — to Possibility Government. This means public leadership and management that's willing to boldly imagine new possibilities and to experiment.
Weiss shares the three basic tenets of this new way of governing:
Government that can imagine: Seeing problems as opportunities and involving citizens in designing solutions
Government that can try new things: Testing and experimentation as a regular part of solving public problems
Government that can scale: Harnessing platform techniques for innovation and growth
The lessons unfold in the timely episodes Weiss has seen and studied: the US Special Operations Command prototyping of a hoverboard for chasing pirates; a heroin hackathon in opioid-ravaged Cincinnati; a series of experiments in Singapore to rein in Covid-19; among