In this BSC podcast, Salimah Samji interviews Sandra Naranjo, Former Minister of Planning Development in Ecuador, who was in government when an earthquake of historic magnitude struck the country in 2016. Sandra shares how she contributed to the country's response and recovery and what she learned about public budgeting during times of crisis.

On October 8th, 2020, Building State Capability hosted an event titled: ‘Message in a battle: Why communications matter in a pandemic’, as part of Harvard’s Worldwide Week. The event featured a presentation by Peter Harrington, who worked with the Government of Liberia to craft their communications strategy in response to the Ebola crisis. He prioritized simplicity, conciseness, and truth in this crisis communications initiative as a means of creating awareness and influencing social behavior...

In this BSC podcast, Prof. Matt Andrews interviews Harvard Kennedy School Professor of Public Management Mark Moore. Mark tells us why leaders should allow messiness and focus on providing their teams with information, encouragement, and a sense of urgency during crisis response even though they may feel that they should be taking control.

In this BSC podcast, Salimah Samji interviews Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy and Leadership, Robert Wilkinson about his 4P Framework for Leadership and the fourth P: Projection.

In this BSC podcast, Prof. Matt Andrews interviews Harry Fletcher-Wood, PhD student in Public Policy at King's College London. Harry discusses the sources of burnout and provides insights on how to try and reduce burnout during crisis situations.

On May 1st, 2020, the Building State Capability program at Harvard University hosted our sixth virtual discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on Leading Through Crisis.

In this BSC podcast, Matt Andrews interviews Graham T. Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. Graham reflects on lessons that can be learned by the U.S. from other countries in the fight against COVID19.

On April 24th, 2020, the Building State Capability program at Harvard University hosted our fifth virtual discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on Leading Through Crisis.

In this BSC podcast, Salimah Samji interviews Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy and Leadership, Robert Wilkinson about his 4P Framework for Leadership and the second P: Process.

On April 17th, 2020, the Building State Capability program at Harvard University hosted our fourth virtual discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on Leading Through Crisis.

On April 10th, 2020, the Building State Capability program at Harvard University hosted our second virtual discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on Leading Through Crisis.

On April 3rd, 2020, the Building State Capability program at Harvard University hosted our second virtual discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on Leading Through Crisis.

In this BSC podcast, Professor Matt Andrews interviews Peter Harrington, who shares his lessons learned from leading crisis communications during the Ebola crisis in Liberia.

In this BSC podcast, Professor Matt Andrews and Peter Harrington interview Tolbert G. Nyenswah, MPH, who shares his lessons learned from leading the Incident Management Systems for the Ebola crisis in Liberia with

On March 27th, 2020, the Building State Capability program at Harvard University hosted a virtual discussion with Prof. Matt Andrews, who answered audience questions on Leadingh Through Crisis.

In this BSC podcast, Shruti Mehrotra shares her lessons learned from working on political, economic, and humanitarian crises with Professor Matt Andrews. Read more in this blog post: https://buildingstatecapability.com/2020/03/25/public-leadership-through-crisis-10-lessons-from-experience/ You can also read our Public Leadership through Crisis blog series: https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/public-leadership-through-crisis

Solving complex problems often involves engaging in difficult conversations. The most important steps to managing these difficult conversations effectively are inquiring, listening, and empathizing with those around you. Inquiring about other’s point of view, rather than advocating for your own, signals a genuine interest in understanding your counterpart. Active listening then allows you to focus on the other person and make them feel heard in the conversation. This feeling gets us to...

The Audio Policy Paper podcast series features an audible version of our academic papers, making our research more accessible to a global audience. Today, Salimah Samji reads a BSC working paper by Professor Matt Andrews, titled "Public Policy Failure: ‘How Often?’ and ‘What is Failure, Anyway’?"

In this BSC Audio Policy Paper, Dr. Alice Evans, Lecturer at King's College London and BSC Faculty Associate reads her paper "How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: A New Theory and Evidence from Cambodia". To read the paper: https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/publications/how-cities-erode-gender-inequality-new-theory-and-evidence-cambodia To learn more about BSC: https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu

The process of implementing public policies and solving complex development problems requires working in teams. But working in teams is often a challenge. In this podcast, Professor Monica Higgins, Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, shares her experience and research about building effective teams.

In this BSC podcast, Salimah Samji, Director of Building State Capability has a conversation with Professor Matt Andrews, Faculty Director of Building State Capability to discuss public policy implementation failures.