In many countries, workers are facing great risks of displacement. The disruption wrought by digital transformation and more generally Industry 4.0, is now intensified by the economic dislocation from the Covid-19 crisis. The scale of displacement from both is likely to be widespread and prolonged, and it is unlikely workers…

At the age of only 34, Tommi Laitio became Director of Youth Affairs in Helsinki. Only four years later, he became Executive Director of Culture and Leisure. In this session, Tommi talks about his path from student to city government, being junior in a senior position, and about what it…

What can being an artist teach us about good government? How can artistic thinking be fostered in the public sector? And how does an artist end up in government in the first place? To find answers to these question, we talk to two artists-turned-bureaucrats – one from a small city…

Egal ob Bürgerkonto, ÖPNV-App oder Parksensor: In der digitalen Stadt fallen Unmengen an Daten. Wer glaubt, dass dies ein technisches Thema sei, denkt zu kurz. Denn Daten sind Wissen und Wissen ist Macht. Die Stadt Leipzig hat dies schon vor Jahren erkannt – und treibt das Thema der Datensouveränität daher…

The discussion on seamless government centers around the various steps in between a completely paper-based bureaucracy and a totally digitalized, automated and efficient government offering great public services. Although the standards of top public service experiences vary with the evolution of technology, it is interesting to study the path to…

In this interview, Rainer Kern and David Linse explain what it takes to work in international relations at the city level and tell us about how they came to be the dynamic duo of the government of Mannheim, Germany.

From student and labour activist to the heart of government and helping there to get things complex things done. Rudi helped organize the South African Jobs Summit, he ushered the grant systems through the public administration in the Covid crisis, he brought the private sector partners together to strengthen broadband…

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) are a universal ambition but provide a rather abstract framework for implementation. The SDGs are meant to be implemented by member states within their national context. This gives governments a great deal of freedom to determine their own ambitions and use their…

Kann Verwaltung Agilität? In der Privatwirtschaft ist “New Work” schon seit langem Thema, aber auch für den öffentlichen Sektor gewinnt es – im Lichte der vortschreitenden Digitalisierung, Globalisierung und einem generellen Wertewandel – an Bedeutung. Doch was sind die Herausforderungen, wenn man New Work Konzepte in der Verwaltung leben will?…

In many countries, workers are facing great risks of displacement. The disruption wrought by digital transformation and more generally Industry 4.0, is now intensified by the economic dislocation from the Covid-19 crisis. The scale of displacement from both is likely to be widespread and prolonged, and it is unlikely workers…