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Are our institutions equipped to deal with exponential technologies? Increasingly, it seems they are not. Our Senior Fellow, Leonardo Quattrucci, discusses the reasons—and potential solutions.

A lot of people worry that Europe is not “innovating enough” - that’s a problem. But what Europe should get great at is at adopting technology. Innovation will then come. That’s something it can - and should - do now. Check out our blogpost with Leonardo Quattrucci !

In the Age of AI, procurement is an essential function to upgrade governments' technological capacity. Today, procurement is too obsolete to perform its task. In this new report, I propose ways to fix it 👇

Modern procurement should be a portfolio of institutional functions, rather than a standardised purchasing process. The shape of the institution should match the features of the products being bought. It should be purpose-built, like good software. Not a hammer for every nail.

"DOGE is using the right-leaning definition of “state capacity.” But if you want Singapore-style effectiveness, you need to do some things that historically coded left." Excellent analysis of DOGE by Santi Ruiz -- until we know better. statecraft.pub/p/50-thoughts-…

To manage innovation, governments must fix procurement, write Geoff Mulgan and Leonardo Quattrucci : civilserviceworld.com/professions/ar…

A piece in Civil Service World by me and Leonardo Quattrucci on how to reform public procurement - 12% of GDP in the OECD countries so worth paying some attention to! civilserviceworld.com/professions/ar…

"Public procurement systems should be like good software: fluid, flexible, and constantly evolving. Realising this transformation requires more than changing rules"

Today, vendors tend to have more accurate data than buyers about their stock of purchases. Procurement should be a tool to rebalance this information asymmetry. For example, too often, contracts in AI do not give gov'ts powers to investigate algorithms + data they are trained on

"Modern procurement needs to be thought of as a portfolio of institutional options, rather than a standardised template. The speed of tech development renders any static template quickly obsolete.  Institutions need to be fitted to contexts, to the system and the technology"

A worrying and overlooked trend: we are becoming more "social" but less sociable, and dumber—it seems. The risk is amplified by more AI mediating our daily interactions, as coach, tutor, editor, dating advisor. Tech will only make us smarter if we are smart enough to manage it.

Governments spend 12% of GDP on procurement—but most systems reward caution over strategy, locking them into outdated tech and costly inefficiencies. Time to recode procurement for the age of innovation, write Geoff Mulgan & Leonardo Quattrucci: cfg.eu/governments-mu…

Policymaking has entered the Age of Absurdity. Embracing it is the only way to resist it - and reform it: ministryofexperiments.substack.com/p/policymaking…

I spoke with Cities Today about how cities can be pioneers in AI adoption. AI adoption is not an inevitability; it's a skill. Cities can offer tech talent tangible opportunities to build changes and see their effects: cities-today.com/new-blueprint-…

A year ago, cush and I started mapping the Latin American deep tech ecosystem, betting that geopolitics and natural wealth would make the region a new battlefront in the global tech race. Seems like we're onto something: ministryofexperiments.substack.com/p/the-new-batt…

I spoke to Olivia Solon at Bloomberg about how governments must learn to procure innovation, not buy stuff. Infrastructure is destiny. The EU must hire those who can manage it.

if you care about immigration/border security, fixing state capacity & procurement should be your top priority!

Opening remarks by Irene Blázquez and Leonardo Quattrucci set the tone for an insightful session. IE University professor Elena Elena Yndurain shared early findings on the first phase of the Quantum Policy Lab project.

Ann Sander Nielsen Leonardo Quattrucci urged a focus on how Europe gets things done — hiring, funding, and institutions that can match the speed of change. Gilberto Morishaw warned that values aren’t slogans; they show up in how we organise work and coordinate action. #ThinkAndDo2025