Digital Leadership in the Entrepreneurial State
20 April 2023, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
MyAV Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) invites you to the first talk of the IIPP 2023 Festival: The Entrepreneurial State 2.0. - Rethinking the State in the 21st Century.
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IIPP Communications
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Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose11 Montague StreetLondonWC1B 5BP
Thursday 20th April | 18:00-19:30 (BST) UK Time
The emergenceof the internet and online-oriented services has fundamentally raised citizens' expectations for public services, with demands for user-friendly, secure, reliable, efficient, accessible, and transparent digital services.
However, many countries are challenged in responding to these most basic demands. Many services are either not available online, or too difficult to navigate and use. More ambitious ideas of using new technologies to reimagine the state and its capabilities feel still more remote.
This general lack of capacity can cause real and direct harm. A software failure by a Royal Mail contractor led the agency to falsely accuse sub-post masters (effectively sub-contractors) of theft, fraud, and false accounting. Many sub-post masters were prosecuted with some even receiving prison sentences. As countries design ambitious digital strategies, the question arises: are they ready to implement them? What skills do public servants require to be effective in the digital era, and how will governments respond to these demands? Who will lead the changes needed to enhance innovation and digitalise governments?
The panel explored strategies to enhance long-term state capacities, dynamic capabilities, and civil servants' skills to promote innovation and digital transformation in governments.
Meet the panel:
This panel discussion was chaired by Dr David Eaves, Associate Professor in Digital Government at MyAV IIPP in conversation with panellists: Prof. , Founding Director of MyAV IIPP,, Founder of Code for America and US Deputy Chief Technology Officer (June 2013- June 2014), , world leader in digital government and Visiting Professor of Practice at MyAV IIPP andNai Kalema, PhD Candidate at MyAV IIPP.
This event is part of the IIPP 2023 Festival: The Entrepreneurial State 2.0. - Rethinking the State in the 21st Century. #TheEntrepreneurialState2.0
About the Speakers
Jennifer Pahlka
Founder and former Executive Director at Code for America
Jennifer is author of the forthcoming book , which has been described as abold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to.
“If you’ve ever wondered how government can get better, you’ll love Pahlka’s fresh take on the solutions to our bureaucratic dysfunction. Everyone can learn something from this wonderful book: How to strengthen democracies, how to lead with more wisdom, how to make government work for all of us. The future of our society—and even our planet—depends on our ability to recode the American government.” —Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better
Mike Bracken
Partner at Public Digital
In 2011, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude brought Mike into government from the private sector as the UK’s first Executive Director of Digital and Chief Data Officer. Over five years, he created, led and scaled the Government Digital Service (GDS), reversing a decades-long culture of IT failure in government.
In the private sector, Mike led Guardian News and Media’s transformation into a digital institution, delivering core digital platforms and new digital products, and opening content and data to third parties. As the Cooperative Group’s Chief Digital Officer, he launched a digital membership scheme increasing membership by 60%, and delivered multi-million pound efficiencies in its retail, legal services and funeral care businesses. In 2016, he co-founded Public Digital, a consultancy which supports multinational businesses, governments and NGOs with digital transformation.
He is an advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank on digital transformation in Latin America, and an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London. He is a Non-Executive Director at Chetwood Bank, a fully licensed UK fintech. His previous non-executive portfolio has included Lloyds of London and the Omidyar Network philanthropic investment firm.
Professor Mariana Mazzucato
Founding Director and Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at MyAV Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
She is winner of international prizes including theGrande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italianain 2021, Italy’s highest civilian honour, the, the 2019, and the 2018Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the ‘‘ by The New Republic,in 2020 by Fast Company, andby WIRED. Most recently, Pope Francis appointed her to the Pontifical Academy for Life for bringing “more humanity” to the world.
She is the author of four highly acclaimed books:(2013) which investigates the critical role the state plays in driving growth;(2018) which looks at how value creation needs to be rewarded over value extraction;(2021) rethinks the capacity and role of government within the economy and society; and most recently(2023).
She advises policymakers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her current roles include being Chair of the, Co-Chair of the, Co-Chair on the, member of the, the, the, Argentina’s Economic and Social Council and Vinnova’s Advisory Panel in Sweden and the OECD High-Level Advisory Panel on Climate and Economic Resilience. Previously, through her role as Special Advisor for the EC Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation (2017-2019), she authored the high-impact report on, turning 'missions'into a crucial new instrument in the European Commission’s Horizon innovation programme, and more recently, authored a report with theon. More about Professor Mariana Mazzucato
Nai Lee Kalema
PhD Candidate at MyAV Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Priorly, Nai was a PGTA for the MyAV IIPP’s Transformation by Design module led by Rowen Conway, Visiting Professor of Strategic Design, and Dan Hill, Professor of Design and Director of Strategic Design for Vinnova (The Swedish Government’s innovation and research agency) (fmr). Finally, Nai served as an RA for the MyAV Urban Lab with Ben Campkin, Professor of Urbanism and Urban History.
More about Nai Lee KalemaDr David Eaves
Co-Deputy Director and Associate Professor in Digital Government at MyAV Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
In addition to his work at HKS, Davidco-founded and served as CEO of a civictech start up that successfully grew to serve over 400 governments across North America. He hasadvised on governance and collaboration strategies for open source communities such as OpenMRS, Drupal and Mozilla, and provided training to almost every cohort of Code for America fellows, White House Presidential Innovation Fellows and Code for Canada fellows.
David is also proud of his work as a negotiation adviser to numerous tech organisations, governments and environmental groups. He served as negotiation advisor to a coalition of Canadian environmental government organisations during two years of negotiations with the Forestry Products Association of Canada (FPAC) which helped cement the groundbreaking Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement.
More about Dr David Eaves