The Shorewalker On Reports podcast

We talk with experts about how to create better public reports – documents that explain complex issues to a wide audience. You may be in government, in a non-government organisation, or in a business. But if you create public reports, this podcast may be for you.

Each of our podcasts comes with comprehensive show notes, guest profiles and full transcript of the show.

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Gary Banks 2: How reports succeed and fail

Former Productivity Commission head Gary Banks explores why reports succeed and fail – and why failure now is not necessarily failure forever,

Paul Cairney's Law: Everyone has to ignore almost all information almost all of the time

Professor Paul Cairney reminds us that when we produce solutions to complex problems, our biggest problem still lies ahead: getting people to notice. We should adjust our expectations accordingly, and work patiently.

Gary Banks on the role of reports

Former Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks explores the role reports play in shaping the decisions of governments.

Clear and lively language

Five experts on language and meaning talk about the ways in which how we write shapes our ideas and changes our reports.

Deirdre McCloskey on writing to persuade

Few people in public life have thought more or more deeply than Deirdre McCloskey about how we can use language to persuade people of public policy ideas.

Why reports matter

This episode of Shorewalker On Reports looks at a foundational question: why do we bother to create public reports at all? With Gary Banks, Saul Eslake, Nick Gruen and Peter Martin.

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