econews. Public institutions face a difficult challenge: they are expected to deliver better services and create greater impact, often with far fewer resources than their counterparts in wealthier countries.
In his TEDx talk, Maciej Kisilowski argues that the answer is not simply to copy successful policies from other countries. Instead, governments need to rethink the way their institutions are managed.
Drawing on his research into public-sector organizations in Central and Eastern Europe, Kisilowski introduces the idea of “administrategy”—bringing strategic management principles into public administration. Rather than acting as passive administrators, public managers should become strategic leaders who know how to attract talent, empower their teams, and focus their organizations on meaningful public outcomes.
At the heart of his argument is a simple idea: public institutions can create enormous social impact when they connect talented people with a clear and meaningful purpose.
The talk challenges conventional ideas about bureaucracy and asks what governments could achieve if they embraced strategic thinking, innovation, and a stronger sense of mission.