<p><b>In the face of ever more complex societal challenges, this book provides an essential new model for transforming the public sector and getting things done.</b></p><p>Pandemics. Climate change. Refugee resettlement. Global supply chains. We face a new generation of complex problems that stretch across the public and private sectors and flow over organizational boundaries. To meet the moment, we need a fresh, new approach that strengthens institutions and government agencies by breaking free from organizational boxes and rigid, top-down leadership.</p><p>As William D. Eggers, executive director of Deloitte''s Center for Government Insights, and Donald F. Kettl, public management scholar, show in this indispensable book, we need a government of <i>bridgebuilders</i> who collaborate with partners—inside and outside government—to get the job done. These leaders manage horizontally instead of vertically; they see their role as connectors; and they identify which players hav