Policy Strategy and Innovation Primer: Process, Praxis and Tools

Phua focuses on applying the best of corporate strategy and innovation tools and praxis into the policy process with the aim of devising a coherent policy strategy–innovation framework and process.

Government and business strategies differ in their operating assumptions and variables, but the strategy process is more similar than is often perceived. Phua debunks the government versus business dichotomy and demonstrates the potential for cross-learning between both domains. Readers will benefit the most by reading this book in tandem with Phua’s other works on strategy also featured in this series.

This book is an essential primer for academics, practitioners and learners of public policy, strategy, innovation and applied problem-solving.

Charles Chao Rong Phua now runs Solaris Strategies Singapore (and chairs Solaris Consortium of Management Consultancies) dedicated to pragmatically solving complex problems supporting governments, corporates and underserved nonprofits at sector and enterprise levels, after two decades in government, where he functioned as a head research trainer in defence and chief external affairs supporting cities and infrastructural diplomacy. Charles also presides over Association for Public Affairs (Singapore) spearheading active citizenry in policymaking and served as chief judge for Singapore Model Cabinet and Parliament organised by government. He is an internationally certified management consultant – academic fellow (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes), facilitator, project manager, SAFe agile practitioner with doctorate in public policy, postgraduate/degrees in international relations, security management, education, accounting, systems thinking, organisational psychology and law, Charles completed executive education in strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, marketing and sustainability from leading business schools: Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Berkeley, Babson, INSEAD, Cambridge, Oxford, London Business School. He currently serves as series editor for Routledge series for strategy, wisdom and skills with a commitment to codify academic + practitioner wisdom in applied and interdisciplinary fields. He teaches applied problemsolving at National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Social Sciences, Civil Service College (Singapore), University of St Gallen (Switzerland). He was a Fulbright fellow and completed resident fellowships at Brookings, Columbia and Johns Hopkins.

Part of this book was adapted from his course materials. He seeks to bring the best of corporate strategy into public policy academia and practice, in the right sequence and for the right purpose.