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Stephen Webb's avatar

Fun post. the perspective on vested interests of those making the proposals is important. In fact officials are so aware of this that they tend to aim off for outside perspectives more than they should. You might enjoy this piece, which sets out the dysfunction of strategy making from a perspective within government

https://sfhwebb.substack.com/p/why-government-strategies-are-useless?r=1cycu5

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Lucia Asanache's avatar

Excellent account that hits home after years of influencing an organisation's approach to doing this important activity right, better, more memorable. Roundtables are often either a dime a dozen/churned by anyone, anyhow or over engineered until no soul is left in it, unless it just dies in the internal politics of who "owns" it: the report writer? The boss? The aspiring thought leader in a junior role? It's an input-output situation that deserves the value, space, trust to be left to the right people and skills. Roundtables should be good! Make roundtables good again?! Thank you!

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