policy
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Opinion
Lessons learned and design thinking – crafting an environmentally and economically balanced national energy policy
The solution to the Texas energy crisis must focus first on learning, not blame, and "design thinking" offers a useful…
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Systems and complexity
The (il)logic of legibility – Why governments should stop simplifying complex systems
Thea Snow discusses how the desire to make complex systems ‘legible’ can serve to constrain policymaking and lead to decisions…
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Systems and complexity
Taking responsibility for complexity (section 3.3): How? A toolkit for negotiated learning
This section outlines mechanisms for linking knowledge and action in policy implementation.
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ABCs of KM
Critical discourse analysis for policy analysis: a new tool
Critical discourse analysis reveals the inner biases and claims in policy documents. It also involves the identification of new discourses…
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Brain power
Do policy makers use the latest academic research?
New research looks at the extent to which political decision-making is evidence-based.
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In the news
US Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking releases final report
The Commission envisions a future in which rigorous evidence is created efficiently, as a routine part of government operations, and…
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Systems and complexity
Why you get “results” when you pay for results
Financial incentives have unprecedented ability to strongly distort behaviour, often in undesirable ways.
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Opinion
Should knowledge managers become more active in policy development?
Information professionals are advocating for policy in support of information management, but knowledge management professionals don't appear to be doing…
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Tools & tech
Knowledge Translation Toolkit
An overview of what knowledge translation is, and how to use it most effectively to bridge the "know–do" gap between…
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Systems and complexity
System Failure: Why governments must learn to think differently
System Failure provides an introduction to systems thinking and why it is of critical importance. The traditional model of public…