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5 time-saving AI tips every public servant should know

Too much to do and not enough time to do it? Here are 5 real-world ways government teams can use AI to work smarter — and faster.

— Apolitical

10 Lessons in leadership

Award-winning UK public servant Chris Atkinson shares 10 lessons on inspirational leadership.

— Originally published by the UK government's Civil Service blog

Mexico’s path toward digital public infrastructure

What governments can learn from scaling digital public goods instead of starting from scratch.

— David Bates, Open Innovation and Community Management Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Guadalajara, Mexico

Trending posts in Apolitical Communities

What We Call “Quiet Quitting” Might Be Something Else

The term “quiet quitting” has become shorthand for employees who do the minimum required and nothing more.

— Alain Ruche, Former senior official, European Union, Brussels, Belgium

Is AI reducing our ability to think?

How do we take advantage of the many amazing things that AI offers (and will offer) without losing key capacities?

— Bart Edes, Professor of Practice, McGill University, Montréal-Est, Canada

Would this email survive the inbox? A plain language challenge

I felt inspired to post a challenge! Here is a deliberately over-engineered draft email. Your challenge: rewrite this email.

— Salma Mashhour, Community Manager, Apolitical, London, UK

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Strange pieces of seemingly official council signage appeared in Christchurch, New Zealand, including a warning to residents that an abandoned building was 'slightly haunted but manageable.' Christchurch city council quickly assured its residents that the signs were not real, but absurdist works by artist Cameron Hunt.