Governments globally are being buffeted by technological and societal change, leading to a sense that politicians are failing to solve our biggest policy problems. Pressure has intensified to provide better services while also delivering measurable results that improve people’s lives. But new technologies also bring with them the opportunity to rethink how the public sector can solve these problems, by building a workforce with diverse and innovative skills, especially how to use data and reach out beyond the public sector itself. In this talk, Professor Beth Noveck, who served in the White House under President Barack Obama as Deputy Chief Technology Officer and director of the White House Open Government Initiative, will discusses the need for radically altering how to train the next generation of public leader and problem solver in the 21st century