Attempting to Cultivate Mindsets for Boundary Spanning in Remote Indigenous Policy

摘要: Collaboration is held to be an essential element of addressing complex problems. However, it difficult achieve, as often in tension with bureaucratic mindsets and traditions. Recently, Williams (2013) has suggested that all policy bureaucrats program managers required involved collaboration need span boundaries' - develop the capacity build effective relationships, able engage deeply' different parties, understand value multiple perspectives. A recent government initiative improve Indigenous wellbeing remote Australia had a strong emphasis on partnership. actors implementation resisted attempts make them work differently, resulting reversion status quo. Consistent social practice literature, I contend openness changed ways working critical for success. Drawing interviews elite development initiative, analysis finds career public servants appear less open than those who have worked outside. While agree boundary spanning capability important overcoming pull quo, suggests diversifying sector workforce should supplement training efforts.