Doing Big Things in Policy

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Want to do big things? Today we’re providing a guide of sorts. Joining me is Remco Zwetsloot of the Horizon Institute for Public Service and Kumar Garg of Renaissance Philanthropy.We discuss:Why achieving goals in policy is more possible than most people think and that the real bottleneck is ambitious, mission-driven talent,How successful policymakers think differently — how they focus on outcomes over “portfolios,” learn the system deeply, and work backwards from impact,Why policymaking rewards immersion, sensemaking, and coalition-building more than raw technical or academic brilliance,The importance of peers, persistence, and “water on stone” stamina in sustaining long-term policy and public service careers,How writing, public ideas, and the “posting-to-policy” pipeline are democratizing access to influence in Washington.Horizon recently launched Launchpad, a Substack on working in emerging tech policy with advice, explainers, and conversations like this one. If you enjoyed this conversation, you’ll probably like their other stuff as well.LaunchpadConversations and advice about working in emerging tech policy, from the Horizon Institute for Public Service.Optimizing for ImpactJordan Schneider: Kumar, what is RenPhil, and Remco, what is Horizon?Kumar Garg: We help donors bet big on science and technology.Remco Zwetsloot: And Horizon builds pipelines into public service for people working on emerging tech.Jordan Schneider: Kumar, what do you want to tell the kids?Kumar Garg: There’s a Tyler Cowen line about raising people’s ambitions that I love. The practical thing when I…