Fourth Edition
Editor’s Letter
Tim Dickson, Editor in Chief of Heywood Quarterly, introduces our 4th Edition: ‘Adapting government to a changing world’.
Why the UK needs to be better at long-term strategy
Lucy Smith, Heywood Fellow, explains the importance of long-term strategy for the UK – and how other countries may be leading the way.
How attendance data can transform pupil lives
Susan Acland-Hood and Simon Blake explain how Covid prompted a new approach to tackling absence rates in schools in England.
From gut feeling to ‘grounding’ the truth: Policing’s quiet revolution
Matt Bland highlights examples of evidence-based innovation on the front line, and what policy professionals across the Civil Service can learn from this experience.
Is blending hard and soft power the UK’s secret ‘superpower’?
Catriona Laing explains the importance of blending hard and soft power, inspired by the thinking of Joseph Nye and Jeremy Heywood.
In conversation with… Helen MacNamara
In this edited summary of an extensive discussion, Peter McDonald talks to Helen MacNamara about the lessons she took from being at the centre of government, and having a ringside seat during Brexit and the Covid pandemic.
The art of horizontal government
True digital transformation requires reimagining the citizen experience from scratch, argues Victor Dominello, CEO of the Future Government Institute and a former New South Wales Minister for Customer Service.
Science and scientists to the fore…
Penny Endersby, CEO of the Met Office, talks to Tim Dickson about her journey from specialist researcher to running the Met Office.
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