You can find out more about their research and the range of support we offer ministers to prepare for crises here:

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ifg-academy/...

Special shout out to my colleagues @timdurrant.bsky.social @sachinsavur.bsky.social @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social for conducting the thorough and insightful research in the first place! An honour and pleasure to work with you on this.

3) Communicate, communicate, communicate
Ministers are the public face of a crisis. They need to think about a range of audiences - from the public to parliamentarians - & who/how they can share everything they need to know.

This doesn’t mean having all the answers. It’s about humility & clarity.

2) Push the system to perform
Making the decision is the first step. Then ministers have to ensure the system gets on and delivers it - instead of getting stuck in institutional inertia.

Ministerial challenge is crucial to getting officials to think outside the box and test what’s possible.

1 contd) Sometimes this means making decisions in uncertainty. This is tough, but it’s the job.

As Jack Straw, former home secretary says, “the absolute fundamental is to be clear in your head what you’re going to do and to get on with it, to not faff around”.

1) Ministers need to make decisions - fast.

Ministers should focus on 2 immediate questions: what’s happened and what are we going to do about it?

Getting an accurate situation report, encompassing a wide range of data, is crucial to delivering an effective & proportionate government response. 🧵⬇️