Shorewalker On Reports Podcast
1) John Daley: Prioritise what matters
Former Grattan Institute CEO John Daley explains how think-tanks, government departments and other report-writing bodies can address the issues that will make the biggest difference to people's lives.
2) John Daley: Give your decision-makers what they need
Former Grattan Institute CEO ind independent policy consultant John Daley explains how to write reports so that decision-makers will be able to use them to actually make policy. (That's what we want, ...Show More
3) Gary Banks 2: How reports succeed and fail
Former Productivity Commission head Gary Banks explores why reports succeed and fail – and why failure now is not necessarily failure forever.
4) Paul Cairney's Law: Everyone ignores information
Professor Paul Cairney reminds us that when we produce solutions to complex problems, our biggest problem still lies ahead: getting people to notice. We should adjust our expectations accordingly, and...Show More
5) Gary Banks 1: The role of reports
Former Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks explores the role reports play in shaping the decisions of governments.
6) Clear and lively language
Five experts on language and meaning talk about the ways in which how we write shapes our ideas and changes our reports.
7) Deirdre McCloskey: Writing to persuade
Few people in public life have thought more or more deeply than Deirdre McCloskey about how we can use language to persuade people of public policy ideas.
8) Why reports matter
This episode of Shorewalker On Reports looks at a foundational question: why do we bother to create public reports at all? With Gary Banks, Saul Eslake, Nick Gruen and Peter Martin.