Re:Imagining Whitehall
To effectively reimagine the State itself, the institution at its heart need to radically change – Whitehall.
Both the first and second world wars led to a rewiring of the core structures of the State, driven by an imperative to ‘build back better’ and an understanding that the effectiveness of the machinery of government would make or break that endeavour.
After a decade of deep disruption – economic stagnation, pandemic, trade conflict and war in Europe – we face a similar task.
While successive administrations have attempted to modernise the civil service and improve the structure of Whitehall, the same problems recur time and time again. The system is slow to change, and reforms are hard to make last.
Our research programme is developing the playbook for rebuilding Whitehall to make it fit for the future, including:
- A culture of exceptional talent and high performance
- Adopting transformative technologies
- Reimagining policies and processes
- Building new vital structures for delivery.