# social value — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover social value. Page: Feed: --- ## [Keeping Our Simplifications Honest](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/seeing-like-a-state) _2026-08-11 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Three Habits for Governing With Data, Not From It ## [When the Means Becomes the End](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/when-the-means-becomes-the-end) _2026-07-21 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ The one about Robert Merton and why rules and measures drift from their purpose ## [What Gets Counted Gets Done](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/the-legible-half-of-the-job) _2026-06-30 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ The Pattern Across Five Auditor General Reports ## [The Conversation We Don't Have](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/the-conversation-we-dont-have) _2026-06-09 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Technical debt and the limits of public sector IT planning ## [What 64 Years of Olympic Cost Overruns Can Teach US](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/why-we-keep-making-the-same-mistakes) _2026-05-19 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ A new Flyvbjerg paper, and what it means for our work ## [Stop Calling It a Culture Problem](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/the-cost-cutting-prisoners-dilemma) _2026-04-28 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Defensive behaviour during cuts is a design choice ## [The Innovation Paradox](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/the-rational-stagnation) _2026-02-10 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Why Public Servants Rationally Choose Stagnation ## [Strategic Misrepresentation](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/strategic-misrepresentation) _2026-01-20 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ How Unrealistic Promises Get Approved ## [2025 Year in Review](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/2025-year-in-review) _2025-12-30 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Why Government Needs Value Discipline Now ## [Why Your Project Isn’t Unique And How to Deliver It Better](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/why-your-project-isnt-unique-and) _2025-12-09 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Happy Tuesday, Transformation Friends. ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pzFXYrgN5sIP) _2025-12-09 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Think Right to Left: Defining the Why for Better Public Sector Results](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/start-with-why) _2025-11-18 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Happy Tuesday, Transformation Friends. ## [Why Government Projects Fail, and How Thinking Slow, Acting Fast Can Fix Them](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/think-slow-act-fast) _2025-10-28 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Happy Tuesday, Transformation Friends. ## [When IT Projects Go Wild: What We Need to Know](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/when-it-projects-go-wild-what-we) _2025-10-07 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Happy Tuesday, Transformation Friends. ## [Spending Smarter: Lessons from the UK’s Office for Value for Money](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/what-the-uks-office-for-value-for) _2025-09-16 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Happy Tuesday, Transformation Friends. ## [How the Social Value Model is Reshaping Public Procurement](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/how-the-social-value-model-is-reshaping) _2025-08-26 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Happy Tuesday, Transformation Friends. ## [What Plato’s Cave Teaches Us About Changing the Status Quo](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/what-platos-cave-teaches-us-about) _2025-08-05 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Happy Tuesday, Transformation Friends. ## [Every Role Matters: Building a Value-Centric Culture in the Public Sector](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/every-role-matters-building-a-value) _2025-07-15 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Connecting roles to purpose for stronger public impact ## [Rediscovering the Purpose in Public Service](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/rediscovering-the-purpose-in-public) _2025-06-24 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ What I Learned When I Asked: Why Are We Here? ## [How the Social Value Act has Changed UK Procurement](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/transforming-public-spending) _2025-06-03 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Transforming Public Sector Spending ## [Open this .onion address (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/W51BIj9slwfP) _2025-06-03 · **Sponsored**_ Access 7btj5kisrpopxjkhmcugbiygfk2xd6op3ta7whfrmxxrldyrlh5b5zad.onion using a Tor browser. ## [Strategic IT Budget Optimization](https://aaronpercival.substack.com/p/strategic-it-budget-optimization) _2025-05-13 · Aaron Percival · Beyond the Status Quo: Leading Public Sector Transformation_ Making Smarter Choices