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Rethinking institutional reform, part 1: When systems fail, who has the right to fix them, and what does it cost?
Organisational Change, Innovation, Reform, Culture, Leadership David Schmidtchen 19/9/25 Organisational Change, Innovation, Reform, Culture, Leadership David Schmidtchen 19/9/25

Rethinking institutional reform, part 1: When systems fail, who has the right to fix them, and what does it cost?

Defence says it wants evolution, not revolution. But is gradual reform enough in an era of rising strategic risk?

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Rethinking institutional reform, part 3: Who should lead organisational change?
Organisational Change, Dissent, Leadership, Innovation David Schmidtchen 19/9/25 Organisational Change, Dissent, Leadership, Innovation David Schmidtchen 19/9/25

Rethinking institutional reform, part 3: Who should lead organisational change?

Enterprise change doesn’t begin with strategy — it starts with quiet dissent. So who really leads reform in the public sector?

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Rethinking institutional reform, part 4: Organisational change norms, conformity, and dissent
Reform, Dissent, Organisational Change, Leadership David Schmidtchen 19/9/25 Reform, Dissent, Organisational Change, Leadership David Schmidtchen 19/9/25

Rethinking institutional reform, part 4: Organisational change norms, conformity, and dissent

Conformity rewards silence and punishes insight. In public institutions, clear-eyed dissent is often the first casualty.

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