Resolving Public Problems with Purpose. Home of PDIA. Faculty Director: @Governwell Center: @HarvardCPL
Cambridge, MA
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Kindness is integral to building strong relationships and fostering psychological safety in groups. This working paper uses a field experiment to see just how much kindness can impact a team, and how it can shape their productivity. Read more: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/publicat…
Sardor Jakbarov took IPP this summer and left the course with a new outlook on how to encourage higher education to support the labor market in Uzbekistan. Read more of this new blog here: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/connecti…
📣 Upcoming Online Course!
Owning Your Time is flexible and designed to help you treat time as a leadership practice and an expression of your values.
Register by October 29!
📅 Session Dates: November 2–22, 2026
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In this new IPP blog, Raul Bujanda explores crime and homelessness in New Mexico and how implementing PDIA can make a difference in his community. Read here: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/reducing…
Policy success carries varying meanings, depending on who you ask. This working paper highlights those meanings in 4 main groups of actors: authorizers, designers, implementers, and advocates. Read more here: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/publicat…
Nouf Albadi, a public health nutritionist, employed PDIA in Abu Dhabi to improve the health of the population. Read this new IPP blog here! bsc.hks.harvard.edu/implemen…
Move beyond productivity and develop a meaningful relationship with time in this self-paced course, Owning Your Time. Through daily reflections and strategic reframing, you'll learn to reclaim agency in your day. Register by October 29 at the link below! bsc.hks.harvard.edu/our-work…
Only two days left to secure your spot in BSC’s new online course, Public Policy in Action! Learn about the foundations of planning for policy implementation in this course, designed specifically for busy professionals. Register by October 8! bsc.hks.harvard.edu/our-work…
In the latest post in his series on the U.S. Federal Debt, Professor Matthew Andrews compares the current economic situation to a reality TV show. Each season brings new players, confrontations, winners, and losers. Read more about the spiraling here: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/the-defi…
⏰ Missed the deadline for our new course Public Policy in Action? Good news—we’ve extended it!
We received your requests to extend the deadline and are keeping registration open into next week. You now have until Oct. 8 to register.
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The Government of Tamil Nadu, an Indian state, has announced that gold rings will be given to every baby born in government hospitals. Prarthna Dayal, author of BSC’s latest guest blog, explores this new initiative, and incentives in public policy. bsc.hks.harvard.edu/a-gold-r…
📣 Deadline to enroll in Public Policy in Action is this Thursday, Oct. 1!
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BSC’s new course is open for registration!
Public Policy in Action is a self-paced online course designed for professionals who want to strengthen their approach to implementation.
📅 Oct 5–Nov 29
⏰ Enroll by Oct 1
💰 $499 | Certificate included
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The federal debt rests between leaders’ “symbolic agenda” and their real agenda. In this second installment of Professor Matt Andrews’ series, the tradeoffs of eliminating the debt are explored, along with the root of this problem, governance capability. bsc.hks.harvard.edu/everyone…
The US’s federal debt surpassed $40 trillion in August. Professor Matt Andrews uses the debt issue as a tool to explore what key capabilities are required for problem-oriented governance. Read more and explore this new series here: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/a-40-tri…
Curious about BSC’s 3 new online courses? 👀
Join us Sept 23 at 10am ET for a virtual information session where we’ll introduce the new offerings, answer your questions, and help you choose the course that’s right for you or your team.
🔗 Register: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Community focused iterative adaptation is immensely important to pushing development, which in turn drives capability. This paper explores 7 central parts of development that can lead to building capability in states. Read more: bsc.hks.harvard.edu/publicat…
PDIA in Practice, BSC's new online course for teams of 4-6, is open for registration. Here, you’ll learn and apply PDIA to a real-world problem with your team.
📅 Oct 12–Dec 6
⏰ Enroll by Oct 1
💰 $600 per team member l Certificate included
bsc.hks.harvard.edu/our-work…
BSC’s new course is open for registration!
Public Policy in Action is a self-paced online course designed for professionals who want to strengthen their approach to implementation.
📅 Oct 5–Nov 29
⏰ Enroll by Oct 1
💰 $499 | Certificate included
👉 bsc.hks.harvard.edu/our-work…
Bring a Harvard certificate home with BSC’s two new affordable online courses!
In Public Policy in Action, learn how to develop a practical implementation plan. In PDIA in Practice, put PDIA into action with your team.
Register by Oct 1 bsc.hks.harvard.edu/our-work…
Claire Asi, a participant in a 12-week PDIA action-learning program in Papua New Guinea, co-authored a blog on tackling poor literacy outcomes in Bougainville.
She reflects on teamwork, trust, and adaptation in addressing complex public problems.
🔗 : bit.ly/3RVtgfg
