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100 1  Weiss, Mitchell|c(Professor of business),|eauthor. 
245 10 We the possibility :|bharnessing public entrepreneurship 
       to solve our most urgent problems /|cby Mitchell Weiss. 
263    2101 
264  1 Boston, MA :|bHarvard Business Review Press,|c[2021] 
300    pages cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  Introduction: Can we solve public problems anymore? -- 
       Part I. Government that can imagine: Problems as 
       opportunities -- Reach up to reach out -- Part II. 
       Government that can try new things: Experimenting in 
       public -- Regulating the future -- Part III. Government 
       that can scale: Government as a platform -- Tri-sector 
       entrepreneurs -- Inventing democracy -- Concluding: 
       Possibility or delusion -- We get the government we 
       invent. 
520    "Public entrepreneurship is not an oxymoron. During his 
       years as a public official, Mitchell Weiss was told that 
       government can't do new things or solve tough challenges--
       it's too big and slow and bureaucratic. Sadly, this is 
       what so many of us have come to believe. But in the wake 
       of the Boston Marathon bombings, he and his city hall 
       colleagues raced to support survivors in new, innovative 
       ways. This kind of entrepreneurial spirit and savvy in 
       government is growing, transforming the public sector's 
       response to big problems at all levels. In this inspiring 
       and instructive book, Weiss, now a professor at Harvard 
       Business School, argues that we must shift from a mindset 
       of "Probability Government"--overly focused on performance
       management and on mimicking "best" practices--to 
       "Possibility Government." This means a leap to public 
       leadership and management that embraces more imagination 
       and riskier projects. Weiss shares the basic tenets of 
       this new way of governing in the book's three sections: 
       Government that can imagine. Seeing problems as 
       opportunities, and designing solutions with citizens. 
       Government that can try new things. Testing and 
       experimentation as a regular part of solving public 
       problems. Government that can scale. Harnessing platform 
       techniques for innovation and growth; and how public 
       entrepreneurship can reinvigorate democracy. The lessons 
       unfold in the timely episodes Weiss has seen and studied: 
       a heroin hackathon in opioid-ravaged Cincinnati; a series 
       of blockchain experiments in Tbilisi to protect Georgian 
       property from the Russians; the U.S. Special Operations 
       Command prototyping of a hoverboard for chasing pirates, 
       among many others. At a crucial moment in the evolution of
       government's role in our society, We the Possibility 
       provides both inspiration and a positive model to help 
       shape progress for generations to come"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Political entrepreneurship. 
650  0 Public administration|xDecision making. 
650  0 Crisis management in government. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aWeiss, Mitchell,|tWe the possibility
       |dBoston, MA : Harvard Business Review Press, [2020]
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