Publications

Leading Change in the Civil Service

This report makes the case for rethinking the corporate leadership of the Civil Service.

The Civic Square and the Public Triangle

In an era of public austerity this paper offers a basis for securing the public’s trust in the competence of public institutions.

Civil Service Reform in the Real World

Why do some civil service reforms take off, while others limp on or tail off? What factors contribute to success – leadership, governance or collabora

Achieving Political Decentralisation

Drawing on seven past reforms, this report identifies 10 obstacles to decentralisation.

Beyond Big Contracts

This report is the output of a joint project between Collaborate and the Institute for Government, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Accountability at the Top

Leading Change in the Department for Education

In 2012, our report Transforming Whitehall outlined nine key features of leading successful change in Whitehall departments. In this report we use the

Connecting Policy with Practice: People Powered Change 2013

This paper reflects on the first year of the Connecting Policy with Practice programme, a partnership between the Institute for Government and the Big

Leading Functions Across Whitehall

Stronger leadership of functions could play a part in making Whitehall more effective in a number of ways. However the problems that stronger function

The Strange Case of Non-Ministerial Departments

A deeper look at this obscure category of government bodies, which cover organisations from the Royal Mint to the National Crime Agency.