As a public servant, I write weekly notes to let people see what I do. I spent 3 days in Brussels attending #PolyFutures, an event organised by @[email protected], during my week 208 at @[email protected]. I also attended a #JobsToBeDone reunion meetup and spent more time writing articles.

Week #208 at the Digital Servi...

Finishing off in Brussels — after a morning of branching out to various Directorate-Generals of the European Commission, @[email protected], and I facilitated the wrap-up with collective reflections on the final day of #PolyFutures. Thank you all for these fantastic days full of inspiration!

A problem @[email protected] – and many others – encounter: “Governments typically focus on the delivery-scale problems they can solve today. System-scale challenges that require longer-term reinvention get neglected.” @[email protected] and Isabelle Bradberry at #PolyFutures

Pledging new narratives and new positive boldness in envisioning a better future for Europe, Johanna Fabrin shares some blueprints developed at think tank 21st Europe, incl. ‘Starline’, an experiential design vision for cross-continent high-speed rail at #PolyFutures 21st-europe.com/blueprints/s...

Starline - 21st Europe

“Design is a choice of who and what matters” “Systems are stories, set in stone” “The future is not a destination, it’s a direction” (Ed Catmull) —Johanna Fabrin from 21st Europe sharing blueprints for a new Europe in her keynote at #PolyFutures

Supporting the Dutch 🇳🇱 government in building a new repertoire for policymaking, Nynke Tromp from PONT* shares at #PolyFutures how they are bringing design practice and capabilities into government. * depubliekeontwerppraktijk.nl

Quoting his behavioural science colleagues: “People under pressure tend to revert to behaviours they are familiar with, rather than being open to experimentation or innovation.” – @[email protected] from EU #Policy Lab at #PolyFutures on behavioural resistance in #policymaking

On the acceleration of #policy timelines: “Compared to previous legislative terms, the time elapsed from draft to adoption has almost halved.” @[email protected] in a panel discussion on time in #policymaking at #PolyFutures with @[email protected]