Teaching a hippo to dance: the most brilliant policies will fail if government does not attract talented people and free them to do their best work

Authors :: Wilkinson, Amy
Source :: The Wilson Quarterly. Winter 2009, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p59, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: FOUR YEARS AGO, I LEFT SILICON VALLEY TO accept a presidential appointment as a White House fellow. After undergoing months of interviews and obtaining a top-secret security clearance, I moved [...]

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