PGI pays special attention to capturing and sharing the results of its work. As a result, an abundant literature is available to public sector leaders interested in joining the effort to modernize public governance or in lunching their own New Synthesis initiative in their country.
A New Synthesis of Public Administration: Serving in the 21st century
This book documents the NS journey, It presents the NS framework and international roundtable reports from the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Canada, Singapore, Brazil and Australia.
The book is also available in Danish and includes Danish case studies.
The New Synthesis Fieldbook introduces the NS exploratory cycle. International case studies from Singapore, Canada, Denmark and Finland are presented. It provides numerous examples of public transformations initiated by various countries through the lens of the NS framework.
- The New Synthesis of Public Administration: Serving in the 21st century
Bourgon, 2011
- The New Synthesis of Public Administration: Serving in the 21st century – (Danish)
Bourgon, 2017
- The New Synthesis of Public Administration: Fieldbook
Bourgon, 2017
Key articles and Publications
Scholarly articles and periodic publications also capture PGI’s work and ideas about public governance public innovation and public policy challenges:
Link for selected articles
- Four Lessons from COVID-19 about Change, Governance and the Role of Citizens
J. Bourgon, the Ottawa Citizen, Canada, September 2020 (Original here) - COVID-19 and Climate Change: A foretaste of public service in the 21st century
J. Bourgon, Ethos, Singapore, July 2020 (Original here) - The Largest Public Paradigm Shift in Decades Gives Employees Greater Freedom
Torben Andersen & Jens Reiermann, Mondag Morgen, Denmark, February 2020 (original publication here) - Rethink, Reframe and Reinvent: Serving in the twenty-first century
J. Bourgon, International Review of Administrative Sciences, 2017 - Pandemic Shows the True Value of Government
M. Bilodeau & J. Bourgon, the Ottawa Citizen, Canada, March 2020 (original here) - Will Technology Resolve the Climate Change Crisis?
J. Bourgon & M. Bilodeau, the Ottawa Citizen, Canada, January 2020 - Re-thinking Public Innovation: Beyond innovation in government
J. Bourgon, Dubai Policy Review, UAE, January 2019 (original here) - Rethinking Public Innovation
J. Bourgon, Ethos, Singapore, June 2017 - Distinctively Public Sector: The case for a New Synthesis of public administration
J. Bourgon, Leadership for Change: Innovation for Results, Queensland, Australia, October 2015 - Leadership: An integrated process of change
J. Bourgon, Public Sector Digest, Canada, September 2014 - Reclaiming Public Administration
J. Bourgon, JSGS Featured Lecture Series: Technology and Governance. Canada, April 2014 - Governing in the 21st Century
J. Bourgon, le Cercle des economistes, Recontres economiques d’Aix-en-Provence, France, 2012 - Exploring the New Frontiers of Public Administration
J. Bourgon, Canadian Government Executive Magazine, Canada, March 2011 (Original here) - The History and Future of Nation-Building? Building capacity for public results
J. Bourgon, International Review of Administrative Science, June 2010 - Serving Beyond the Predictable
J. Bourgon, State Services Authority of the Government of Victoria, Australia, 2009 - Program Review: The government of Canada’s experience eliminating the deficit
J. Bourgon, Institute for Government, UK, 2009 - Reclaiming Public Administration
J. Bourgon, ETHOS, Singapore, April 2008 (Original here) - The Future of Public Service: A search for a new balance
J. Bourgon, the Australian Journal of Public Administration, Australia, December 2008 - Performance Management: It’s the results that count
J. Bourgon, The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, June 2008 - Responsive, Responsible and Respected Government: Towards a new public administration theory
J. Bourgon, International Review of Administrative Science, 2007 - Making Democracy Work for Pro-poor Development
J. Bourgon, Commonwealth Expert Group on Development and Democracy Secretariat, October 2003 - A Public Service Learning Organization
J. Bourgon, Canadian Centre for Management Development, June 2000 - Innovation in the Public Sector or Public Innovation?
J. Bourgon, OECD Conference Innovating the Public Sector, Paris, France, November 2014 - Government Fit for the Time
J. Bourgon, IIAS, Helsinki, Finland August 2014 - Distinctively Public Sector
J. Bourgon, Institute for Public Administration, New South Wales, Australia, July 2014 - Distinctively Public Sector: Leading public transformation
J. Bourgon, APEX Symposium, Ottawa Canada, July 2015 - Serving as One
J. Bourgon, Divisional Transformation Retreat, Kuching, Malaysia, April 2015 - Public Innovation and Public Purpose
J. Bourgon, OECD Conference: Innovating the Public Sector, Paris, France, November 2014 - Leading Transformation: The New Synthesis in action
J. Bourgon, CAPAM Biennial Conference, Putrajaya, Malaysia, October 2014
Only Available on the PGI Website
PGI periodically publishes its work in progress. This material is used to prepare NS workshops and may ultimately be used in future publications:
- Serving in 2025 and Beyond
J. Bourgon, December 2024 - Is Canada Fit for the Future?
October 2021 - Learning from the Coronavirus Pandemic A New Synthesis Perspective
August 2021 - PGI’s 2020 Year in Review
December 2020 - Pandemic and Climate Change: Complexity, resilience and catastrophic events
J. Bourgon, April 2020 - Why Is It so Difficult to Make Progress on Climate Change?
J. Bourgon, January 2020 - The Digital Economy and the Green Economy: Compatible agendas?
R. Alorse & J. Bourgon, October 2019. - The Future of Work in the Digital Age: Understanding the impact of technological change on work
M. Blythe-Hallman & J. Bourgon, October 2019, - Thinking and Governing Differently: Old ideas , new discoveries and new ways of thinking for governing
R. Alorse & J. Bourgon, April 2019 - Insights from PGI’s Literature Review on Living Systems and the New Synthesis of Public Administration
R. Alorse & J. Bourgon, May 2019 - Insights from PGI’s Literature Review on Complex Adaptive Systems and the New Synthesis of Public Administration
R. Alorse & J. Bourgon, May 2019 - Insights from PGI’s Literature Review on Systems Thinking and the New Synthesis of Public Administration
R. Alorse & J. Bourgon, May 2019 - Resilience and the New Synthesis of Public Administration: A PGI working paper
C, Gunter& J. Bourgon, May 2019 - Governing in the Digital Age : A PGI working paper
M. Blythe-Hallman & J. Bourgon, March 2019 - The Digital Revolution: Government -led initiatives
M. Blythe-Hallman & J. Bourgon, April 2019 - The Digital Revolution: Social and ethics concerns
M. Blythe-Hallman & J. Bourgon, April 2019, - Insights from PGI Literature Review on the 4th Technological Revolution: New technologies the promise peril and increasing velocity of change
M. Blythe-Hallman & J. Bourgon, April 2019, - Co-creation and Co-production: Towards a practical approach
Rachael Calleja, Uri Marantz & J. Bourgon, March 2015 - Innovation in Government or Public Innovation?
Rachael Calleja & J. Bourgon, February 2015 - Collaborating in Crisis: Canada’s Syrian refugee initiative
R. Alorse & J. Bourgon, April 2019 - A User’s Guide for Practitioners
J. Bourgon, September 2016 - A Self-Help Guide for Practitioners *
J. Bourgon, 2013 - A Public Service Renewal Agenda for the 21st Century: The New Synthesis project
J. Bourgon, United Kingdom Roundtable Report, London, UK, November 2011 - Preparing Government to Serve Beyond the Predictable: The New Synthesis project
J. Bourgon, Singapore Roundtable Report, Singapore, September 2010 - Governance in the 21st Century: Using Government Authority and Collective Power. The New Synthesis project
J. Bourgon, Brazil Roundtable Report, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2010. - Achieving Public Results: Societal and Civic: The New Synthesis project
J. Bourgon, Canada Roundtable Report. Ottawa, Canada, May 2010 - Resilience and Emergence in Public Administration: The New Synthesis project
J. Bourgon, the Netherlands Roundtable Report, the Hague, the Netherlands, March 2010
Additional papers can be found under PGI’s Archive Project.
