Over the last decade, I’ve been helping local governments tell better stories when it comes to their sustainability work. We know that human stories resonate. And we know that they build trust with ...

Earlier this year, I finally visited the National Gallery’s Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition—just before it closed in January. Like many Londoners, I am often guilty of thinking I will catch ...

What if community was not just a ‘nice to have’—but an essential capability for 21st-century government? At this year’s Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Apolitical brought together public sector leaders ...

In July 2025, over 40 experts from across public, private, and social sectors gathered in Cardiff for the AI Procurement Unconference, hosted by Posterity Global. The event offered an unfiltered, ...

Farai Mazhandu is the Founder of the Africa Quantum Consortium and a Physics Instructor at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics in the United States of America. With a background spanning ...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with generative AI assistants to see what it can do and how it might help me in my work. I process ideas verbally, and with my team geographically ...

To realize the vision of “Developed Gujarat 2047,” the state government has approved a comprehensive five-year action plan (2025–2030) focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The plan aims to ensure ...

Álvaro introduced the idea of communication not simply as style or delivery, but as “collaboration infrastructure.” Especially in siloed public sector organisations, communication should be seen as ...

Aligned with the Civil Service's ‘One Big Thing: Innovation’ theme, Treasury Information Systems (TrIS) Innovation Day 2024 underscored HM Treasury's commitment to inclusive innovation and ...

During my years in public service, one constant has been the challenge of doing more with less. Delivering services becomes increasingly difficult when faced with a surge in requests and incomplete ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, and workforce development is no exception. As AI technology continues to evolve, it reshapes the way businesses ...

This article is co-written by Dr Marija Antanavičiūtė and Prof Jessica Pykett, University of Birmingham. The new government in the UK has started its work with numerous bold ambitions in its party ...