In 2019, the OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Public Service Leadership and Capability (PSLC), which defines 14 principles of a fit-for-purpose public service. Transforming these principles into action requires a future-oriented understanding of how the work of civil servants is changing. The Roundtable will inform ongoing OECD analysis and the development of a toolkit, with objecvtives to:

• Identify the key issues related to the future of work in the public service – what is likely to change? what implications for workforce policy and for public management?
• Provide a platform for deep exchange of insights and perspectives among those leading the change.
• Identify innovative emerging practices and experiments that could provide insight into new ways of working in a future context.

The event will explore and test four provocative hypotheses through facilitated interactive sessions, each launched by a short introduction by a lead speaker.

Roundtable documents:

• Agenda: Civil Service Leaders’ Roundtable: "The Future Of Work in the Public Service"
• Hypothesis 1: The future will be digital, but innovation and transformation of the public service will be human.
• Hypothesis 2: The only certainty is uncertainty, so we need to learn as we go.
• Hypothesis 3: The need for a diversity of expertise and skills requires diversity of employment models.
• Hypothesis 4: Salary is a baseline, but it is the experience of work that attracts and retains talent.