Management in the Public Sector

Date & Time Apr 01 2016 8:45 AM - 5:15 PM
Location Robertson Hall
Bowl 016
Department Graduate Career Development
Speaker(s)
See agenda for panelists
Audience Restricted to Princeton University

 

The symposium will focus on bureaucratic performance, behavioral insights, technology, management in education, and reflections on what we have learned about leading innovations.  Please see draft agenda below, and email Elizabeth Samios (esamios@princeton.edu) to register.

8:45 AM – Opening Talk:  Introduction to the day by Steven Strauss

9:00 AM – Management in Education

  • Raffaella Sadun, Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School – Does Management Matter in Schools?
  • Josh Wallack, Deputy Chancellor for Strategy and Policy, New York City Department of Education
  • Moderator – Dean Rouse

10:00 AM – Break

10:15 AM – Managing using Behavioral Techniques: Report from the Behavioral Insight Team and Ideas 42

  • Oliver J. Wise, Director – Office of Performance and Accountability, City of New Orleans
  • Elizabeth Linos, Behavioral Insights Team
  • Will Tucker, Ideas 42
  • Moderator – TBD

11:15 AM – Technology in the Public Sector

  • Nigel Jacobs, Boston Office of New Urban Mechanics
  • Katherine Oliver, Bloomberg Associates
  • Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Chief Creativity Officer, Mexico City
  • Moderator -TBD

12:15 PM – Lunch – Roundtable Discussions in Gallery

  • Todd Asher, Bloomberg Associates
  • Josh Wallack, Vice-Chancellor, NYC Public Schools
  • Peggy Twohig, Assistant Director for Nonbank Supervision at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau
  • Elizabeth Linos, Behavioral Insights Team
  • Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Chief Creativity Officer, Mexico City
  • Nigel Jacobs, Boston Office of New Urban Mechanics
  • David Ehrenberg, President and CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard

1:30 PM – Management in the Public Sector

  • Daniel Rogger, World Bank, Impact of Ethnic Diversity in Bureaucracies
  • Martin Williams, London School of Economics, Evidence from Unfinished Infrastructure in Ghana
  • Moderator – Professor Jennifer Widner

2:30 PM – Break

2:45 PM – Innovations in the Public Sector:  What Have We Learned?

  • Scott Cordes, Director –Innovation and Budget, City of St. Paul
  • Theresa Reno-Weber, Chief of Performance and Technology, Louisville Metro Government
  • TBD
  • Moderator – James Anderson, Bloomberg Foundation

4:00 PM – Alumni Panel: Managing in the Public Sector – What Do I Wish I had Learned at WWS? (students sign up in advance)

  • David Ehrenberg, President and CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Peggy Twohig, Assistant Director for Nonbank Supervision at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau
  • Jennifer Raab, President, Hunter College, CUNY
  • Moderator – TBD

5:15 PM – Closing/Good-bye