Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog

An article published in Haaretz yesterday discussed the government’s inability to execute decisions based on plans written by experts; (such as the Dovrat reform for the education system.) This phenomenon also occurs in strategic planning.

Israel 2028 is a report submitted to the government over a year ago, and constitues an effort led by many of Israel’s top experts. In the report, the authors challenged the government to undertake an ambitious challenge: transforming Israel into one the world’s leading countries in terms of Quality of Life of its citizens.

We believe that taking into consideration the problems in Israel’s governance, it is highly unlikely such a complex and lengthy task will be implemented successfully.

At Reut, we believe that in order to leapfrog it is not sufficient to present a ‘plan’ to the government – such a challenge requires a different kind of conduct. Shifting from a fixed plan can help tackle the uncertainties of this type of challenge. This approach also argues that it is crucial to mobilize other sectors in the society and not focus solely on the government.