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Entrepreneurialism in Whitehall

"Enemies of enterprise" and "liberating the hidden army of public service entrepreneurs" are phrases that may send a shudder through the civil service. The first of the Institute for Government's new InsideOUT series, The Whitehall Entrepreneur: oxymoron or hidden army?, examines entrepreneurialism in Whitehall.

Sir Andrew Cahn, CEO of UK Trade and Investment until this January, reflects on

  • his experience at the helm of one of Whitehall’s more entrepreneurial departments
  • whether David Cameron's hidden "public sector entrepreneur" army is an oxymoron
  • and whether all Whitehall departments can function entrepreneurially.

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