Labanya is one of those pillars of a country — she illustrates how important numbers are to nation building. And how much impact a dedicated woman (often in a room of men) can have on a new government’s ability to serve its people.

How do we make public services better?? Often, by recognizing the many bureaucrats who want to do good work, empowering, and supporting them. #MissionDrivenBureaucrats is out today**!! 🧵 👇

That includes every reader of this thread - beccause we're all members of the public. And how we react to bad actions by a small minority of bureaucrats really matters to how they're managed.

I really really believe this — I’ve seen it in The Broad Center at Yale SOM residents, in international development, and in my own personal experience — it’s amazing to see it backed up by the research. And a lovely beacon of hope on a rough week for US public institutions.

Ever casual Dan Honig (DanHonig.bsky), noting that his book is sold out in the U.S. (!!) on release day in the last tweet of the thread. Goes to show that we need this wisdom right now!

As someone working broadly on “evidence-based policy”, and often attracted to simple, programmable policy solutions, I always find talking to Dan is a useful challenge. Must read.

Dan’s book is an absolute must-read about to make public services better and about the mission-driven bureaucrats who work every day to do just that. Very proud of my friend and Center for Global Development NRF. Go read his book everyone!

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this is one of those horrifyingly clear moments in history when you immediately know everything has changed but you can’t see how yet

Sharing this Michael Lewis quotation that opens the book in honor of the first chapter now posted (free!). Read the chapter and the book to learn more about “who are these people?!”

I can’t believe the GOP is running an old guy for president. Yikes.

Donald Trump is the oldest nominee for President in American history.

The importance of this moment goes beyond 2024. We are living in an era of catastrophically weak parties. Yet the Democratic Party, for all its faults, came together to exercise collective authority at a critical moment in exactly the way the GOP failed to do in 2016. It matters.

Likely the most consequential President of my lifetime, including ensuring first woman and first Black vice president, appointing first Black woman Supreme Court justice, best economy in decades, massive students loan debt forgiveness, climate, infrastructure, first gun control

Last few weeks were heated because we all understand the stakes and share the same goal. I don’t think Trump and MAGA are ready for how united and energized we’re about to be.

I knew this topic might be timely, but I’m feeling particularly proud that it’s out there as new leadership attempts to exit the mission driven bureaucrats who so often are why government services reach the public, even during political turmoil.

Wild that the guy who is telling us he can unilaterally close USAID is supposedly dropping $40M on Super Bowl ads to make you believe it’s worth cutting < 1% of the U.S. budget leaving millions of deserving people high and dry. Who is the wasteful one? youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8