If We Can Put a Man on the Moon
eBook - ePub

If We Can Put a Man on the Moon

Getting Big Things Done in Government

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

If We Can Put a Man on the Moon

Getting Big Things Done in Government

About this book

The American people are frustrated with their government-dismayed by a series of high-profile failures (Iraq, Katrina, the financial meltdown) that seems to just keep getting longer. Yet our nation has a proud history of great achievements: victory in World War II, our national highway system, welfare reform, the moon landing.We need more successes like these to reclaim government's legacy of competence. In If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, William Eggers and John O'Leary explain how to do it. The key? Understand-and avoid-the common pitfalls that trip up public-sector leaders during the journey from idea to results.The authors identify pitfalls including:-The Partial Map Trap: Fumbling handoffs throughout project execution-The Tolstoy Syndrome: Seeing only the possibilities you want to see-Design-Free Design: Designing policies for passage through the legislature, not for implementation-The Overconfidence Trap: Creating unrealistic budgets and timelines-The Complacency Trap: Failing to recognize that a program needs changeAt a time of unprecedented challenges, this book, with its abundant examples and hands-on advice, is the essential guide to making our government work better. A must-read for every public official, this book will be of interest to anyone who cares about the future of democracy.

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Table of contents

  1. Praise for If We Can Put a Man on the Moon ...
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface - The Conflict Behind the Cliché
  6. Introduction - The Seven Deadly Traps on the Journey to Success
  7. CHAPTER 1 - The Tolstoy Trap
  8. CHAPTER 2 - The Design-Free Design Trap
  9. CHAPTER 3 - The Stargate Trap
  10. CHAPTER 4 - The Overconfidence Trap
  11. CHAPTER 5 - The Sisyphus Trap
  12. CHAPTER 6 - The Complacency Trap
  13. CHAPTER 7 - The Silo Trap
  14. CHAPTER 8 - Creating a Better Future
  15. Appendix A - Case Studies Analyzed
  16. Appendix B - National Academy of Public Administration Survey Results
  17. Appendix C - Senior Executive Service Survey Results
  18. Appendix D - Policy Execution Survey Results, Canada
  19. Notes
  20. Index
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. About the Authors