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The second day had the same punch as the first day. I attended panels on Arab Public Administration, tech – (metaverse, space exploration, and mitigating crises), and gender (female empowerment, of course). Lessons For Governments 1. Public Sector Skills are critical for Future Governments 2. Context and Reframing are critical for public value problems 3. Avoid over-estimating short-term effects and under-estimating long-term ones 4. Innovation needs to be harnessed for good

The first day of the World Government Summit was exciting as usual! It was at the tag end of the COVID pandemic and hopefully the end of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. This gave us a glimpse of the worries, the hopes and the advice key leaders had from the countries represented. It was clear there was a difference in perceptions of politics and diplomacy between the west and the east. It ranged from climate change, aviation, energy, currency (USD), and technology. A key message

I am a huge proponent of agile government or agile organizations. The only way this is possible is through deliberate strategic foresight, adaptability, and alignment. Foresight lets you prepare for unknown possibilities. Adaptability is an organization's characteristic of changing outward strategies based on macro-environmental and competitive forces, and alignment is the ability to realign the organization structure and processes to meet external changes. You may fail becau