# status quo (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover status quo. Page: Feed: --- ## [Start Here If You’re Barely Standing](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/start-here-if-youre-barely-standing) _2026-08-19 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ What to do \*right now\* if “nothing seems to be working” with your baby’s sleep. ## [The Trump administration is dismantling one of America's greatest strategic assets: its scientific workforce](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/the-trump-administration-is-dismantling) _2026-08-11 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ By Jenna Norton and Max Stier ## [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 ## [Nine lessons from Bethesda Declaration organizers on how to rescue US science](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/nine-lessons-from-bethesda-declaration) _2026-07-30 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ This essay was originally published in the Dartmouth Journal of Healthcare Delivery Science, based on a presentation given at Dartmouth’s Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time: The Legacy of C. ## [Why Aren't We Asking What Nighttime Separation Does to Mothers?](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/why-arent-we-asking-what-nighttime) _2026-07-28 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ We keep debating what happens to babies, but what about mothers? ## [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 ## [We've Normalized Misery](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/weve-normalized-misery) _2026-07-15 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ I'd like you to fail the assignment our culture gives mothers. ## [Presidential control of funding is less, not more, accountable to the public](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/presidential-control-of-funding-is) _2026-07-12 · Mark Histed · Science And Freedom Alliance_ A comment on the OMB funding proposed rule from Mark Histed and Natalie Aviles ## [What Does Bartleby Know About Optimism?](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/what-does-bartleby-know-about-optimism) _2026-07-05 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ Optimism and entrepreneurship ## [Cosleeping doesn't ruin your sleep.](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/cosleeping-doesnt-ruin-your-sleep) _2026-07-02 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ What the research actually shows and why no one ever told you. ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/krgRMfTmE1V2) _2026-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [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 American West: Aridification as a driver for innovation](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/the-american-west-aridification-as) _2026-06-30 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ Scarcity drives innovation. ## [Is anyone paying attention?](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/is-anyone-paying-attention) _2026-06-23 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ The serve you didn't return. Ghosts, everywhere. ## [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 ## [The Next Phase of Corporate Water Strategy: Why Innovation Capital Matters](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/the-next-phase-of-corporate-water) _2026-06-05 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ I don’t believe the status quo in corporate water stewardship will last forever. ## [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 ## [Unreasonable Innovators](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/unreasonable-innovators) _2026-04-27 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ George Bernard Shaw, John Elkington and you? ## [Earth Day 2026](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/earth-day-2026) _2026-04-23 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ What I believe: Personhood, People and Optimism ## [Your Baby is Your Shaman](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/your-baby-is-your-shaman) _2026-04-22 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ The medicine in magic of motherhood is on the other side of control. ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WMk0NuuJdhqB) _2026-04-22 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [The “Cure” for This Administration’s Scientific Priorities: Defend Responsible, Ethical Research and Respect Academic Freedom](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/the-cure-for-this-administrations) _2026-04-07 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ By Jennifer Troyer, Jenna Norton and Alice Popejoy (all opinions our own) ## [NIH, NOFOs, and the scientific community](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/nih-nofos-and-the-scientific-community) _2026-03-19 · Mark Histed · Science And Freedom Alliance_ Transparency is good, and so is democratic decision-making ## [Thriving in Chaos?](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/thriving-in-chaos) _2026-03-15 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ Antifragile Thinking and Business Ecosystems ## [I want a little life.](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/i-want-a-little-life) _2026-03-10 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ A life so mundane that I never get tempted to live life in vain. ## [Water Bankruptcy?](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/water-bankruptcy) _2026-02-16 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ Why language matters ## [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 ## [How Systems of Oppression Are Actually Dismantled](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/how-systems-of-oppression-are-actually) _2026-02-06 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ (And why the way we care for our babies has \*everything\* to do with the answer). ## [We will never get more than what we celebrate](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/we-will-never-get-more-than-what) _2026-02-05 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ Why allowing the Trump administration to reset our expectations will harm US science ## [Demanding a Homeland Security bill that reins in lawlessness is the best path for science–even if it stalls NIH funding](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/demanding-a-homeland-security-bill) _2026-01-29 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ The Senate voted today on a final funding package that included both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), among many other agencies and institutions. ## [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 ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tWFfEXHZ37Rh) _2026-01-20 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Martin Luther King Jr on equality and the status quo](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/martin-luther-king-jr-on-equality) _2026-01-20 · Mark Histed · Science And Freedom Alliance_ From status quo bias, to ‘popularism’ and picking big fights, MLK Jr in Letter From a Birmingham Jail has lessons about politics and society in the Trump era. ## [“A More Beautiful Question”](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/a-more-beautiful-question) _2026-01-17 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ “Always the beautiful answer Who asks a more beautiful question.” E.E. Cummings ## [Statement from the Civil Servants Coalition on the State-Sanctioned Murder of Renee Good](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/statement-from-the-civil-servants) _2026-01-09 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ A guest post from a broad and informal coalition of civil servants concerned about how the current administration is harming Americans ## [Sleep Training Doesn't Create Calm. It Creates Shutdown.](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/sleep-training-doesnt-create-calm) _2026-01-07 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ A nervous system lens for parents and practitioners. ## [A Tale for Trying Times](https://goodnightmoonchild.substack.com/p/a-tale-for-trying-times) _2025-12-31 · Brittany Chambers · Good Night Moon Child_ Here's to shattering illusions and remembering what \*actually\* matters. ## [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 ## [Reading the Tea Leaves on NIH Institute Director Searches](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/reading-the-tea-leaves-on-nih-institute) _2025-12-27 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ Which Fringe Scientists Might be Considered for Leadership Positions? ## [Optimism as Strategy](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/optimism-as-strategy) _2025-12-20 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ Thoughts on 2026 ## [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. ## [The Colorado River Basin](https://willsarni.substack.com/p/the-colorado-river-basin) _2025-11-23 · Will Sarni · Fearless Optimism with Will_ Why Personhood Matters ## [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 ## [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