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Event · Fireside Chat · April 2026
On Tuesday 14 April, Phillips Consulting hosted Mrs. Didi Walsen-Jack — Head of the Civil Service of the Federation — to a Breakfast Fireside Chat with the Private Sector at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Lagos. Here are extracts from the gathering.
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Analysis · Featured · April 2026 · 8 min
Why brilliant technologists routinely fail when implementing digital infrastructure within legacy bureaucracies, and how to structure reforms that actually stick.
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Framework · Deep Dive · March 2026 · 6 min
Formal org charts are deceptive. How to identify the informal stakeholders who hold actual veto power over your policy agenda, before you run into them.
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Case Study · Analysis · February 2026 · 7 min
The systemic friction points that prevent foreign direct investment from the diaspora from successfully landing in state-level projects, and what to do about them.
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Event · Preview · May 2026 · 5 min
Our preview of the International Civil Service Conference in Abuja, the reform agenda, the power dynamics, and why you should meet the GQ team there.
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Framework · GQ Fundamentals · January 2026 · 6 min
Ministerial appointments are won politically. But execution runs through the permanent civil service, and most ministers have no idea how to navigate it.
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Analysis · Policy · December 2025 · 7 min
The relationship between governments and the governed has been fundamentally restructured. Most governance frameworks haven't caught up.
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