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Building State Capability Podcast — 78 episodes

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Episode 6: Structure (6 of 6)

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Episode 5: Action (5 of 6)

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Episode 4: Strategy (4 of 6)

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Episode 3: Storytelling (3 of 6)

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Episode 2: Building Relationships (2 of 6)

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Episode 1: Intro to Leadership and Organizing (1 of 6)

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Kirk Gibson

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Joana Bento and Danielle Serebro

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Sampath Kumar

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Ricardo Hausmann

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Rebecca Trupin and Prateek Mittal

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Cara Myers

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Michael Woolcock

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Andrew Lawson

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A Decade of Building State Capability - Awa Touray

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Doran Moreland

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Chinenye Uwanaka

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Episode 16: Nangamso Mtsatse on helping kids to read for meaning and calculate with confidence in South Africa

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Urkhan Seyidov

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Maggie MacDonald

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Bandi Mbubi

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Etambuyu Gundersen

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Yasmine Robinson

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Pascale Dahrouj

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Olga Yulikova

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Mitchell Rusu

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Jorida Zeneli

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Kwabena Boakye

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Episode 15: Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work: A Conversation with Matt Andrews

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Eleanor Sarpong

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Mohamed Hejres

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Episode 14: Pivoting Education Systems in a Crisis - Lessons from Woburn, MA Public Schools

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The Practice of Resolving Public Problems - Maggie Jones

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Episode 13: Building Communities of Practice: A Conversation with ELGL's Kirsten Wyatt

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Episode 12: Making Space for Purpose-Driven Work in Bureaucracies

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Episode 11: Juba Peace Talks in Uganda & the Story of Joseph Kony

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LTC 14: Budgeting in Times of Crisis: Interview with Sandra Naranjo

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LTC 13: Message in a battle: Why communications matter in a pandemic

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LTC 12: Empowering Work and Learning, Even if Things Seem Chaotic

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4P Model for Strategic Leadership: Projection (4 of 4)

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4P Model for Strategic Leadership: People (3 of 4)

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LTC11: Sources & Tips to Manage Burnout

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LTC10: A Virtual Discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews (May 1, 2020)

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LTC9: Lessons from Graham T. Allison on Leading through Crisis

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LTC 8: A Virtual Discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews (April 24, 2020)

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4P Model for Strategic Leadership: Process (2 of 4)

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LTC 7: A Virtual Discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews (April 17, 2020)

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4P Model for Strategic Leadership: Perception (1 of 4)

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LTC 6: A Virtual Discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews (April 10, 2020)

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LTC 5: A Virtual Discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews (April 3, 2020)

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LTC 4: Lessons in Crisis Communications and Response

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LTC 3: Lessons from Leading Through the Ebola Crisis

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LTC 2: Applying Lessons from Experience to COVID-19

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LTC 1: A Virtual Discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews (March 27, 2020)

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Episode 10: Managing Difficult Conversations Effectively

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Audio Policy Paper 2 - Public Policy Failure: ‘How Often?’ and ‘What is Failure, Anyway’?

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Audio Policy Paper 1 - How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: A New Theory and Evidence from Cambodia

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Episode 9: Building Effective Teams

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PDIA in Practice 12: Thinking Big and Small

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PDIA in Practice 11: Designing and Learning from Your Iteration

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PDIA in Practice 10: Building and Maintaining Authorization

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PDIA in Practice 9: Crawling the Design Space for Possible Solutions

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PDIA in Practice 8: Sequencing - Using change space analysis to identify entry points

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PDIA in Practice 7: Deconstructing Problems

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PDIA in Practice 6: Constructing Problems

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PDIA in Practice 5: People as The Source of Capability in PDIA

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PDIA in Practice 4: PDIA to Escape

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PDIA in Practice 3: Building the Capability You Need

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PDIA in Practice 2: Techniques of Successful Failure

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PDIA in Practice 1: The Big Stuck and Capability for Policy Implementation

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Episode 8: PDIA in Action: Challenges and Experiences

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Episode 7: Public Policy Failure

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Episode 6: Overcoming the Global Despondency Trap: Strengthening Corporate Accountability in Supply Chains

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Episode 5: PDIAToolkit - A Guide to Solving Complex Problems

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Episode 4: Politicizing Inequality: The Power of Ideas

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Episode 3: Designing a Problem-Driven Donor-Funded Project in Mozambique

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Episode 2: Informing Budget Reform in Mozambique: The Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation Approach

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Episode 1: Doing Development Differently