Greg Power is the founder and chair of Global Partners Governance Practice, a social purpose company providing support to politicians, ministers, and civil servants worldwide to improve the quality and effect of their political institutions. Previously, he served as a special adviser to UK government ministers Robin Cook and Peter Hain. He was awarded an OBE for services to parliamentary democracy and political reform in 2023. He is the author of Inside the Political Mind.
Attempts to improve governance in the world’s most troubled states have failed because they’ve been based on the rational design of formal institutions rather than the behavioral logic of the individuals that work inside them.