Building State Capability

Event: Crisis to Transformation: Policy Lessons from Ukraine Ukraine’s wartime reforms & EU momentum are driving systemic change. This event offers lessons on delivering reforms, protecting human capital, & building resilience. 🗓 May 12 | 8am ET 💻 Zoom harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Owning Your Time is an online course from @HarvardBSC, led by @governwell. It will help you approach time as a leadership practice and an expression of your values. Across four self-paced modules, you will work through simple daily exercises so time feels more intentional and aligned. Designed for busy public servants and professionals working in complex systems. Enrollment deadline: May 10, 2026 ken.sc/4tZL6er

📣 NEW Course! Owning Your Time: Practical Tools to Reshape Your Relationship with Time is a new self-paced, affordable, online course that treats time as a leadership practice & an expression of your values. 🗓️Dates: May 11–31, 2026 ✅Enroll by: May 10 bsc.hks.harvard.edu/engage/trainin…

Implementation is where many policy efforts stall. In our Implementing Public Policy program, Faculty Chair Matt Andrews shows how leadership, iterative problem-solving, and cross-sector collaboration help leaders translate policy into action. bit.ly/4boJqF8

Pleased to have completed the Executive Certificate in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, delivered over the course of one year. As part of the Implementing Public Policy experience at @HKSExecEd and @Kennedy_School, I translated a real policy challenge into practice. My article on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Saudi Arabia’s sports sector, published on @HarvardBSC, examines how problem diagnosis, adaptive leadership, and stakeholder engagement can strengthen human capital and institutional capability. This experience reinforced a core belief: effective public policy is not measured by intent, but by execution, institutional capability, and disciplined leadership. bsc.hks.harvard.edu/2026/01/12/str… #PublicPolicy #AdaptiveLeadership #HumanCapital #SportPolicy #LifelongLearning

Join Matt Andrews and Salimah Samji in this @HKSExecED webinar as they explore policy work and implementation as an iterative process of learning, adaptation, and coalition-building. 📅 Feb 6 | 11am ET 📍 Zoom Register: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

ICYMI: Our annual year-in-review newsletter 📫 …w6x4jgzr27dcrkb8.pub.sfmc-content.com/14iiw5ch04n To receive future research newsletters or blog digests, sign up for our mailing list: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/engage/subscri…

ICYMI: In this BSC seminar, Yamini Aiyar discussed her book Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi’s Schools, exploring how frontline officers and bureaucratic systems shape India’s public sector performance. 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=gmPz6m…

Through the Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation approach, @HarvardBSC gives organizations the tools for addressing context-specific problems ken.sc/4iwCBTT

Over the course of the year, we grew our online community of practice platform to a vibrant, global network of over 600+ practitioners from 105 countries 🌎🌍🌏 Read more year-in-review highlights! bsc.hks.harvard.edu/2025/12/04/bsc…

🇫🇮 In September, BSC began a second engagement with the city of Helsinki, supporting 55 city leaders across 8 teams to build shared goals, strengthen collaboration, and improve implementation for well-being, health, and safety across the city. bsc.hks.harvard.edu/our-work/pdia-…

In 2025, BSC continued working with practitioners, governments, and communities worldwide to strengthen the implementation of policies and programs. A few highlights from the year 🧵👇

What does building state capability look like in practice? In 2025, BSC engaged 350 practitioners in 40 countries🌍, hosted 10 global events📅, & grew a 600+ online community of practice across 105 countries👥. Read more highlights from our year-in-review bsc.hks.harvard.edu/2025/12/04/bsc…

Join us for an in‑person AMA with Lant Pritchett! 📅 Thurs. Dec. 4 | 4:30-5:30pm ET 📍 B-200 Starr Auditorium Bring your most pressing international development questions! Event will not be recorded. 🔗 Registration: hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration…

Last month, BSC traveled to Wyoming for a 2-day fiscal systems training w/public financial management practitioners statewide. Grounded in the PDIA approach, practitioners will design products to boost community understanding of PFM, iterating weekly. Excited to see the results!

📢 Join us for our next seminar! "Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi’s Schools" ▶️ A book talk featuring @AiyarYamini 📅 Monday, Nov 3 | 12-1pm ET 📍 Malkin Penthouse & Zoom More info & registration: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/engage/events/…

📢 We're hiring! We are looking for a part-time communications assistant to join the BSC team! Learn more about the role and how to apply ▶️ bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/websites.harva…