Citizens, public servants, and other changemakers are shaping a new future for government – one that embraces complexity, values relationships and prioritises learning.
We are the Centre for Public Impact
We believe in the potential of government to bring about better outcomes for people. Yet, we have found that the systems, structures, and processes of government today are often not set up to respond to the complex challenges we face as a society.
That’s why we have an emerging vision to reimagine government so that it works for everyone. We act as a learning partner for governments, public servants, and the diverse network of changemakers leading the charge to reimagine government. We work with them to hold space to collectively make sense of the complex challenges we face and drive meaningful change through experimentation and learning.
Your learning partner
As a learning partner, we help organisations to build their own capacity to learn, typically by supporting them to centre all of their work in experimentation, data gathering, sensemaking, reflection and reflexivity.
We can help organisations hold themselves to account for their learning, and can also perform convening roles to build relationships between people, organisations, and systems, so that shared learning can take place.
Learning partners help keep learning central, which is critical for governments and changemakers dealing with complex challenges.
Learning partners also learn themselves through the journey, and share learning more widely so others can benefit.
Changemakers we’ve partnered with
We put our vision for government into practice through projects and partnerships that align with our values and help make our vision for government a reality.
Featured event
Human Learning Systems
Join us on Wednesday 3 November, 9.30am-11:00am NZDT for the Aotearoa New Zealand launch of Human Learning Systems: Public service for the real world.
Our ongoing conversations
We have our ear to the ground and are constantly seeking and sharing emerging insights that shape the future of government.
Are you fed up with being managed by targets that don’t reflect the lives of the people you help? Of writing plans and budgets that you know are a fantasy? If so, you can choose to do public management differently.
Throughout North America, we coordinate with local governments, community leaders, and volunteer technologists to build data-driven technology solutions to challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through our work with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), we are bringing together practitioners, academics, and thinkers from across the globe in a four-part interactive webinar series, shared resource hub, and learning community.
Featured insights
Join the conversation
Are you reimagining government? Get in touch to share your story. We look forward to hearing from you.