Centre for Public Impact

Directed at all levels of public service, this report shows a principles-based approach to creating more equitable outcomes for citizens.

CPI’s Toby Lowe says public servants’ output and attention are skewed toward focussing on what can be meaningless metrics.

From Australia to Illinois, there is a growing recognition that to achieve the best results, governments should recognise the limits of their knowledge and share power with those better placed to promote positive change.

Two challenges with Australia’s current model of governance are frequently mentioned. The first is that we are increasingly failing to achieve the outcomes people expect. The second is that we are facing a legitimacy crisis. Adrian Brown, from the Centre of Public Impact, discusses.

Terry Moran is a man of firm convictions and has been an outspoken critic of managerialist approaches to policy-making — particularly of top-down (or centre-out) outsourced models. But should we reject these models completely? And if so, what should be in their place? He speaks to the Centre for Public Impact’s Sarah Novak.

Governments can always improve outcomes for their citizens. A new tool, the public impact gap, finds the outcome benchmark for similar countries to identify where policy is falling short.

The Centre for Public Impact has produced a manifesto that examines three elements of effective government: legitimacy, good policy and implementation. Every Australian jurisdiction has stumbled on these challenges.

OPINION: Will Australia be part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? With the global spotlight focusing on Davos, Miguel Carrasco suggests how delegates at this week’s event might turn pledges into reality.

New Zealand is three years into its digital transformation agenda, with “Result 10” — solving the pain points in digital government services — and their online authentication system, RealMe, changing how the country supports citizens’ major life events, starting from birth. Project lead Richard Foy says they’re on track for 70% digital uptake by 2017.

Feel-good projects don’t always rate as critical to program managers, but can be just as important as big capital development for making a city feel proud, says Perth’s Lord Mayor. Lisa Scaffidi opens up about the changing face of Perth and bringing stakeholders with her.

Most public servants believe there is room to improve on the efficacy of government impact, says data released by the new Centre for Public Impact. Poor coordination is ranked as the most common barrier to the achievement of policy impact.