A former US deputy chief technology officer talks about how digitization can be used to create a government that works for the people.

Jennifer Pahlka is the founder of Code for America, served as the United States government’s deputy chief technology officer, and is author of the book Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. Jenn joins us to share her personal reflections of her time in government and the path forward.

A former US deputy chief technology officer talks about how digitization can be used to create a government that works for the people.
Jennifer Pahlka is the founder of Code for America, served as the United States government’s deputy chief technology officer, and is author of the book Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. Jenn joins us to share her personal reflections of her time in government and the path forward.

Forward Thinking examines groundbreaking ways in which the world is evolving and how people and organizations can respond to changing demands and technologies. In each episode theorists, innovators, and business leaders discuss global trends—technology, artificial intelligence, globalization, urbanization, climate change, and more—with hosts Michael Chui and Janet Bush of the McKinsey Global Institute.

Thought leaders in business, economics, and technology discuss major global trends shaping our lives—from AI to urbanization—with the McKinsey Global Institute.

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A former US deputy chief technology officer talks about how digitization can be used to create a government that works for the people.

Delivering services to the public—digitally—with Jennifer Pahlka

Co-host Janet Bush talks with Ed Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. His latest book, coauthored with health economist David Cutler, is Survival of the city: The future of urban life in an age of isolation, written to make sense of what might be the impact of the pandemic on cities. They covers topics including:

•    Has the pandemic changed cities temporarily or permanently?
•    What does the hybrid building look like? 
•    Do developing world cities teach us something new? 
•    How can homelessness be tackled? 

Co-host Janet Bush talks with Ed Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. His latest book, coauthored with health economist David Cutler, is Survival of the city: The future of urban life in an age of isolation, written to make sense of what might be the impact of the pandemic on cities. They covers topics including:
•    Has the pandemic changed cities temporarily or permanently? •    What does the hybrid building look like?  •    Do developing world cities teach us something new?  •    How can homelessness be tackled?

What’s the future for cities in the postpandemic world?

Co-host Janet Bush talks with Marco Buti. Buti holds the Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair in European Economic and Monetary Integration at the European University Institute. They cover topics including the following:
The evolution of European policy coordination
European competitiveness
Whether Europe’s business model is sustainable
The need of more speed among European companies in frontier technologies
The importance of Europe’s capital markets union

Co-host Janet Bush talks with Marco Buti. Buti holds the Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair in European Economic and Monetary Integration at the European University Institute. They cover topics including the following:
<ul>
<li>The evolution of European policy coordination</li>
<li>European competitiveness</li>
<li>Whether Europe’s business model is sustainable</li>
<li>The need of more speed among European companies in frontier technologies</li>
<li>The importance of Europe’s capital markets union</li>
</ul>

Marco Buti and Janet Bush discuss Europe’s competitiveness.

Forward Thinking on Europe’s existential crisis with Marco Buti

Co-host Michael Chui talks with Nan Ransohoff. Ransohoff is the head of climate at Stripe and leads Frontier, an advanced market commitment for carbon removal. She answers questions including:
Is carbon removal a get out of jail free card for emitters?
What are the most promising carbon removal technologies?
Is it possible to scale up effective technologies quick enough?
How much do costs need to come down before scaling is possible?
What is an advanced market commitment?

Co-host Michael Chui talks with Nan Ransohoff. Ransohoff is the head of climate at Stripe and leads Frontier, an advanced market commitment for carbon removal. She answers questions including:
<ul>
<li>Is carbon removal a get out of jail free card for emitters?</li>
<li>What are the most promising carbon removal technologies?</li>
<li>Is it possible to scale up effective technologies quick enough?</li>
<li>How much do costs need to come down before scaling is possible?</li>
<li>What is an advanced market commitment?</li>
</ul>

A leading market maker for investment in carbon removal believes that tackling climate change has to be done quickly, but that the problem is tractable. Doom-laden thinking has gone too far.

Delivering services to the public—digitally—with Jennifer Pahlka

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